Solved Win 7 Explorer

yazterfari

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Hi:

Why is it when you expand a folder in the left hand panel in win explorer does the folder appear at the bottom of the panel so you can only see the first sub folder.

I would like to see all sub folder when I expand a folder in the left hand panel.

Also, when I double click a folder in the right hand panel it does not expand in the left hand panel as it does in Win XP.

Can any of the above be done??
 

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Hi:

Why is it when you expand a folder in the left hand panel in win explorer does the folder appear at the bottom of the panel so you can only see the first sub folder.

I would like to see all sub folder when I expand a folder in the left hand panel.

Also, when I double click a folder in the right hand panel it does not expand in the left hand panel as it does in Win XP.

Can any of the above be done??

The Expand all folders setting should help. The 'Show all folders' setting shows all user folders and control panel items. I leave this unchecked to keep the pane 'clean'.

James
 

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If you double click on the folder in the left hand pane, it should expand to all the subfolders - at least mine does.
 

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It should work better if you enable these two settings in Folder Options:

Folder_options_2.png

Kari

EDIT: I was too slow, once again...
 

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Hi All:

Thanks very much for you help, working fine now.
 
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nvidia geforce gt 430 dual fan
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19" OPTIQUEST Q19WB & LG 19" LCD TV 19LG3000
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