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by mongooch

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In the lower left window of windows explorer there is a display that shows how many objects within the currently selected directory. In Windows NT, those objects are shown constantly whereas in Win 98 they just flash as you select a directory. Is there a setting within Win 98 to turn that object display on so that it remains after selecting a directory.

Thanks.

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by sprocket99

To display the number of objects in the directory you must have nothing selected in the right pain or file view. If you have select on hover and switch directories from the file view instead of the tree a file is highlighted and the status bar saysone object selected.

by mongooch

Having a little trouble decifering your message, however I have tried selecting objects in both the file and tree views with no success.

by muff diver

Hi
CLICK!
Start > Run > explorer > hit enter > click on "view" > click "status bar" so there is a checkmark next to it.

I *think* *hope* that's the answer you are looking for...

That bar displays the number of objects as well as how many megs are free on the disk and how many are used up within the directory you are in.

Regards,
Muffy!
:D

by mongooch

Well, you were close. That does turn it on/off however, on this particular machine, those items just flash then dissapear.

by sprocket99

You may have view as web page active.

to check goto View> as Web Page. If this is checked uncheck it. Then you should be able to see the # of objects in the status bar.

by mongooch

I am not quite sure how to handle this. This, I believe is the answer as it works on other machines but not the on in question. Still at a loss on the problem child.

by sprocket99

There is one more thing I can think of.

Goto View > Customize this Folder ...

Select remove customization and follow the wizard.

Maybe some software package messed with you folder view. I know McAfee Nuts & Bolts does if you don't custom install. This might effect your ability to turn off the view as web page function.

by mongooch

When I tryed it the first time it didn't work but after going through all the suggestions again it is now working. Thanks for all your help.

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