Navigation Pane Corrupted - need fix

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  1. Callender
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       New #11

    Not sure that it's much help but see the thread here:

    How to change background color of Folders in Windows 7

    And see colors shown in Post #30

    Also note: For colour changes / theme changes - they worked fine for me by just logging off /on. Other users seem to need to reboot for changes to take effect. So try applying a theme then rebooting. Choose a basic them to test.

    Worth a read: How to install 3rd party theme in Windows

    So basically the fix might involve replacing explorerframe.dll with a backup copy. Note: That's a guess I'm no expert on themes as Ialways use Classic Theme myself.
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  3. richard127
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    Wow, OK, solved now. I had run sfc /scannow command prompt, which didn't fix the problem. However, I found and renamed explorerframe.dll to explorerframe.dll.backup and ran sfc /scannow again. It immediately told me there was a system fix pending and that I should restart my PC and run scannow again. I didn't want to reboot my PC without explorerframe.dll in-case it stopped working entirely (my nerves were getting the better of me by then). So I went back and set explorerframe.dll back to its original name. I restarted my PC anyway, as scannow had told me there was a fix pending and: lo-and-behold, Explorer was fixed and back to normal.

    Much relief, and my son has been banned from PC for one month. Hopefully a lesson has been well learned.

    Not recommending this to others as I'm not entirely sure what just happened for sure, but it is fixed now. Phew!
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  4. richard127
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    Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions btw.
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