XP style explorer viewing

[rtdavide]

When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
altogether.
when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
happen to be in.

I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
folders...
is there any way i can get vista to do this?

thanks,

 

[Dave]

My Windows Explorer doesn't do that... the Navigation pane remains
unchanged.
You might try restoring the default folder settings.
Organize - folder & Search Options
Restore defaults

 

[Mellowed]

Explorer doesn't exhibit that behavior on my system. It seems to be unique
to yours. I do open mine with
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, C:\

 

[rtdavide]

My Windows Explorer doesn't do that... the Navigation pane remains
unchanged.
You might try restoring the default folder settings.
Organize - folder & Search Options
Restore defaults








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there it is... the navigation pane was turned off. that was easy.
thanks

 

[Dave]

That would explain it... ;-)