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I have seen this problem on 3 different XP machines. Two were brand
new... one was an IBM Thinkpad T40, and one a Dell Inspiron 8600.
Brand new, fresh out of the box, before ANYTHING was done to these
machines other than turn them on...
Here's what happens:
If I open Explorer, click the Favorites toolbar button to show
Favorites in the left pane, then go to View/Explorer Bar/Folders to
instead show Folders in the left pane... the whole Explorer window
disappears without a trace. No error message. It just closes. Any
attempt to switch from Folders to Favorites or Favorites to Folders
(either way) in the left pane causes the same crash with no error
message. I can start Explorer again and it will open fine, but the
same thing will happen again and again. These are brand new machines.
Not a stitch of user software installed, and not a byte of data off
the internet. What is wrong??
I tried all the updates for XP and Explorer. No joy.
If you have an XP machine, please try what I described. If it happens
to you, please post a note. If you can help, PLEASE PLEASE post a
note.
new... one was an IBM Thinkpad T40, and one a Dell Inspiron 8600.
Brand new, fresh out of the box, before ANYTHING was done to these
machines other than turn them on...
Here's what happens:
If I open Explorer, click the Favorites toolbar button to show
Favorites in the left pane, then go to View/Explorer Bar/Folders to
instead show Folders in the left pane... the whole Explorer window
disappears without a trace. No error message. It just closes. Any
attempt to switch from Folders to Favorites or Favorites to Folders
(either way) in the left pane causes the same crash with no error
message. I can start Explorer again and it will open fine, but the
same thing will happen again and again. These are brand new machines.
Not a stitch of user software installed, and not a byte of data off
the internet. What is wrong??
I tried all the updates for XP and Explorer. No joy.
If you have an XP machine, please try what I described. If it happens
to you, please post a note. If you can help, PLEASE PLEASE post a
note.