Question: Windows 7 cannot view My Computer panel

kakashi

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Okay, so I recently installed Windows 7 Enterprise and did a little tweaking to my Policy Editor to enable CLT-ALT-DEL at login. I applied and saved and rebooted my computer.

After the reboot, everything looked and felt normal with the exception of my Windows Explorer. As I look to the left of the panel, I see everything except "My Computer" or my local drives. This is where I would need to go to view and access my files. I can still manually type in C: or D: etc but I rather have ease of access with a mouse click.

I searched online for an answer and every time I would find a solution it was to enable / disable view of certain drives on Policy Editor (in which I have it as disabled), or to use the folder options menu to enable view of all drive letters (in which case wasn't what I needed either). I have also checked disk management to see if my drives were "online" and they all were.

Is there a fix for this? If you need more information, please let me know! Thanks in advance!
 

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My Computer

OS
windows 7 64 bit
Okay, so I recently installed Windows 7 Enterprise and did a little tweaking to my Policy Editor to enable CLT-ALT-DEL at login. I applied and saved and rebooted my computer.

After the reboot, everything looked and felt normal with the exception of my Windows Explorer. As I look to the left of the panel, I see everything except "My Computer" or my local drives. This is where I would need to go to view and access my files. I can still manually type in C: or D: etc but I rather have ease of access with a mouse click.

I searched online for an answer and every time I would find a solution it was to enable / disable view of certain drives on Policy Editor (in which I have it as disabled), or to use the folder options menu to enable view of all drive letters (in which case wasn't what I needed either). I have also checked disk management to see if my drives were "online" and they all were.

Is there a fix for this? If you need more information, please let me know! Thanks in advance!
Try to system restore to before you made any changes in group policy.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion P7-1010
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1
CPU
AMD Athlon X4 645
Motherboard
Foxxcon N-Alvorix RS880
Memory
6GB DDR3 1066
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 2011x
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
1. Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2. 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 RPM
3. 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM
PSU
Seasonic S12 II Bronze 380 Watt
Case
HP OEM
Cooling
Coolermaster Heatsink, AVC Case Fan
Keyboard
HP OEM- Made by Chicony
Mouse
HP OEM- Made by Logitech
Internet Speed
20MBit Down/4 Up
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Internet Explorer 10
i didn't set up a system restore point... I'm pretty there's a policy that i'm missing or something.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7 64 bit
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