Trouble Dispaying Sub-Folders In WinXP3

[Barry Bruyea]

I'm not sure why the folders continue to be a mystery...
Spill the beans already.

If I knew why, I wouldn't be posting asking the question. All I know
is that in spite of the suggested fix, folders with sub-folders
continue to be absent a + sign. When I click on them, they are shown
in the right hand panel of Explorer but no drop down list is shown
under them in the left hand panel. When pulling up the directory in
an application to determine where I want to save something all I get
is the lead folder with no +, ergo, I can't access the sub-folder to
save the file. (I am using XP3.)

 

[Char Jackson]

If I knew why, I wouldn't be posting asking the question. All I know
is that in spite of the suggested fix, folders with sub-folders
continue to be absent a + sign. When I click on them, they are shown
in the right hand panel of Explorer but no drop down list is shown
under them in the left hand panel. When pulling up the directory in
an application to determine where I want to save something all I get
is the lead folder with no +, ergo, I can't access the sub-folder to
save the file. (I am using XP3.)

I replied to this in the other group where you posted it. I'm not sure
why you have multiple identical threads going. Next time, please just
crosspost if you feel the need to span groups.

 

[dadiOH]

If I knew why, I wouldn't be posting asking the question. All I know
is that in spite of the suggested fix, folders with sub-folders
continue to be absent a + sign. When I click on them, they are shown
in the right hand panel of Explorer but no drop down list is shown
under them in the left hand panel.

When pulling up the directory in
an application to determine where I want to save something all I get
is the lead folder with no +, ergo, I can't access the sub-folder to
save the file. (I am using XP3.)

That is normal (no + sign) except when using Windows Explorer. To access
sub-folders via another program - an app - click the parent; that will
display the folders contained in the parent.

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[Tim Meddick]

I'm pretty sure that the poster asking :

"I'm not sure why the folders continue to be a mystery... Spill the
beans already."

....was referring to the actual Folder & Path names of the specific problem
directories...

Because it may well help us all to help you if we saw the folder-hierarchy
(the structure and the number of sub-folders involved).

You could do this by opening a "Window's Command Prompt" (enter "cmd.exe"
into the "Run" box on the Start Menu) and type at the prompt :

tree [path]

....where you would replace [path] with the actual path to one of the
"problem" folders.
Else, still from within a Command Prompt, navigate with the "cd"
command, to one of the folders concerned, and just type :

tree

....on it's own, with no parameters typed after it (only if executed from a
folder that won't "expand" in explorer).

So, you might have to end up typing :

C:\> cd \

....to logon to the "root" directory... then :

C:\> cd C:\Documents and Settings

....to get to the profile's folder ( press the tab key at any time, to cycle
through all available folders / file names, accessible to that location ),
then :

C:\> cd Johnny

....if your profile-name was "Johnny" ( press [tab] to cycle through
available options ) then, maybe :

C:\> cd My Documents

C:\> cd BadFolder

....I hope you get the idea. - Then finally, when you have arrived at the
folder that won't respond in explorer, type the command :

C:\> tree

....then you can "copy" (by click-and-hold the left mouse button, and drag
to highlight the folder structure that was the output of the "tree"
command - and right-click in that highlighted are and choose "copy" ) the
output, and "paste" it into a re-post here...

It should look something like this :

R:\
├───TEMP
│ ├───PSEDIT
│ └───COPY
├───JPG
├───DOSBox
├───ICO
│ ├───0
│ ├───2
│ ├───3
│ ├───6
│ ├───7
│ ├───8
│ ├───A
│ ├───B
│ ├───C
│ ├───D
│ ├───F
│ ├───G
│ └───COPY
├───Bart's Stuffit 5
│ ├───SCRNSH
│ └───RESULT
├───TESTIT
│ ├───DIR1
│ │ └───MYTEST
│ │ ├─TST1
│ │ ├─TST2
│ │ ├─TST3
│ │ └─TST4
│ └───DIR2
│ └───MYTEST
│ ├─TST1
│ ├─TST2
│ ├─TST3
│ └─TST4
├───MAKVBS
│ └───EXPORT
└───Synergie

....only allot worse!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Barry Bruyea]

That is normal (no + sign) except when using Windows Explorer. To access
sub-folders via another program - an app - click the parent; that will
display the folders contained in the parent.

Doesn't display sub-folders when I click on the folder when in another
application and also, doesn't display the + sign in all folders in
Explorer, just some of them.

 

[Barry Bruyea]

I'm pretty sure that the poster asking :

"I'm not sure why the folders continue to be a mystery... Spill the
beans already."

...was referring to the actual Folder & Path names of the specific problem
directories...

Because it may well help us all to help you if we saw the folder-hierarchy
(the structure and the number of sub-folders involved).

You could do this by opening a "Window's Command Prompt" (enter "cmd.exe"
into the "Run" box on the Start Menu) and type at the prompt :

tree [path]

...where you would replace [path] with the actual path to one of the
"problem" folders.
Else, still from within a Command Prompt, navigate with the "cd"
command, to one of the folders concerned, and just type :

tree

...on it's own, with no parameters typed after it (only if executed from a
folder that won't "expand" in explorer).

So, you might have to end up typing :

C:\> cd \

...to logon to the "root" directory... then :

C:\> cd C:\Documents and Settings

...to get to the profile's folder ( press the tab key at any time, to cycle
through all available folders / file names, accessible to that location ),
then :

C:\> cd Johnny

...if your profile-name was "Johnny" ( press [tab] to cycle through
available options ) then, maybe :

C:\> cd My Documents

C:\> cd BadFolder

...I hope you get the idea. - Then finally, when you have arrived at the
folder that won't respond in explorer, type the command :

C:\> tree

...then you can "copy" (by click-and-hold the left mouse button, and drag
to highlight the folder structure that was the output of the "tree"
command - and right-click in that highlighted are and choose "copy" ) the
output, and "paste" it into a re-post here...

It should look something like this :

R:\
+---TEMP
¦ +---PSEDIT
¦ +---COPY
+---JPG
+---DOSBox
+---ICO
¦ +---0
¦ +---2
¦ +---3
¦ +---6
¦ +---7
¦ +---8
¦ +---A
¦ +---B
¦ +---C
¦ +---D
¦ +---F
¦ +---G
¦ +---COPY
+---Bart's Stuffit 5
¦ +---SCRNSH
¦ +---RESULT
+---TESTIT
¦ +---DIR1
¦ ¦ +---MYTEST
¦ ¦ +-TST1
¦ ¦ +-TST2
¦ ¦ +-TST3
¦ ¦ +-TST4
¦ +---DIR2
¦ +---MYTEST
¦ +-TST1
¦ +-TST2
¦ +-TST3
¦ +-TST4
+---MAKVBS
¦ +---EXPORT
+---Synergie

...only allot worse!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I appreciate the advice, Tim, and that you took the time to give it,
but there are dozens of folders involved and I gather you're saying
I'd have to do the above for every folder not showing the + sign.

 

[dadiOH]

Doesn't display sub-folders when I click on the folder when in another
application and also, doesn't display the + sign in all folders in
Explorer, just some of them.

Then it would appear that the directory entries are messed up. That or
Windows itself.

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[Tim Meddick]

Not necessarily!....
....you wouldn't have to show results for
ALL of the "folder not showing the + sign" - just a select "one" or "two"
of them - to see if there's any common denominators that might drawn from
(at least "two" quoted paths), and so may be involved in a possible
solution...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.