Lost ability to expand (plus sign) Local Drive (C:) in Win Explorer

[homeport]

I use Win XP. When Windows Explorer is opened, the pane on
the left side shows the various hardware and directories.
Whatever item has a subset at a lower level has a plus (+)
sign on the left side. Clicking on the plus sign will
Expand the item and show all sub-items. My problem is
this.

For Local Disk (C only, I have lost the plus sign.
Everything else in the pane has the appropriate plus sign
and clicking on it will expand the lower levels. However,
for Local Disk (C, clicking on it does nothing. Right
clicking shows the "Expand" greyed out. The directories do
show up in the right pane, but I would like to have the
expansion capability for the Local Disk (C in the left
pane. I can't recall anything that I did to cause this
problem which started about 2 weeks ago. I have tried to
Reset Folders in Tools/Folder Options/View, followed
by "Apply to all folders", but this did not help.

Does anyone know how I can restore this capablility
without resorting to a previous "Restore Point". Thanks in
advance for whatever help you can suggest.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Seems as though you have changed your Windows Explorer target path. Try:

explorer /e,c:\
or
explorer /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D},/select,c:\

Also, depending on your preference.....check your settings here:
Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View: Display simple folder view....

 

[homeport]

Actually, when I click on Windows Explorer, it takes me to
the target which is "Local Drive (C. The problem is that
the target does not have the plus sign (+) in front of it
so that it can be expanded. Following the items you
suggested just takes me to the same point.


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[Kelly]

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Actually, when I click on Windows Explorer, it takes me to
the target which is "Local Drive (C. The problem is that
the target does not have the plus sign (+) in front of it
so that it can be expanded. Following the items you
suggested just takes me to the same point.


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