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No File Listing in Windows Explorer?

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by mkymous

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One of my users goofed with some settings on their Windows NT 4.0 (SP6.01)machine and now whenever they open Windows Explorer, they only get the folder listing on the left and NO file listing on the right. What setting did they goof with and how doI fix it???

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by dcassat

That's a pretty good question and all I have is a guess. Is it possible that the properties of the icon that launch Windows Explorer have been altered so that it thinks it's looking for a particular file or type that doesn't exist?

by kdrungilas

The user may have inadvertantly applied a policy to hide files in Explorer. There is a "hide drives" option. Check out the Microsoft Series of Q Articles #161334, 185587 through 185591. A lot of heavy reading tho.

The only other thing I could think of would be that the user accidentally lengthened the title bar across the files area of explorer. Its possible to widen the column to the extent you cannot see file names, sizes, etc. Farfetched, but possible.

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