I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden the "All Folders" toolbar
(left pane in Windows explorer) has gone missing!!

The shortcut is there but it does nothing.
I can still access Search, History and Favorites but Folders will not open,
it either remains at what I selected earlier (history, search, etc) or the
left pane just becomes a grey screen.
Same situation when using Internet explorer.

I can still use "File manager" however this is very inconvenient.


I dont know what the problem is, Ive been searching the web and the Windows
CD to no luck.

Please Help!!!!!

Re: "All Folders" toolbar (left pane in windows explorer) has gone mis by Noel

Noel
Thu Dec 01 09:51:27 CST 2005

This problem is most often caused by a slightly corrupted Internet Explorer
(Yes - I do mean IE!) -
Reboot to Safe Mode
Go to Add/Remove Programs and try a repair of Internet Explorer from there.
Go to the entry for 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Internet Tools'
in Add/Remove Programs
Click on Remove - and click on Repair on the window that pops up
Reboot on request to Normal Mode

If the above entry isn't there, you first need to uninstall all the patches
applied, then do the repair, then reapply the patches
The patches are listed in Add/Remove under the names 'Internet Explorer
Qxxxxxx'
highlight, click Remove - reboot if requested.
Repeat until the MSIE6SP1 entry appears - then repair as above.

HTH


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"ZeroSP" <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:80ADF3B3-6D2E-41CD-89A1-38BF10365990@microsoft.com...
>I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden the "All Folders" toolbar
> (left pane in Windows explorer) has gone missing!!
>
> The shortcut is there but it does nothing.
> I can still access Search, History and Favorites but Folders will not
> open,
> it either remains at what I selected earlier (history, search, etc) or the
> left pane just becomes a grey screen.
> Same situation when using Internet explorer.
>
> I can still use "File manager" however this is very inconvenient.
>
>
> I dont know what the problem is, Ive been searching the web and the
> Windows
> CD to no luck.
>
> Please Help!!!!!
>
>
>



Re: "All Folders" toolbar (left pane in windows explorer) has gone mis by Mike

Mike
Thu Dec 01 10:02:54 CST 2005

An alternative repair method to that suggested by Noel is to re-register
the file shdocvw.dll. Do this by
typing the following command in the Run box (Start | Run)
REGSVR32 /i SHDOCVW.DLL
and then click OK.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


ZeroSP <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden the "All Folders"
> toolbar (left pane in Windows explorer) has gone missing!!
>
> The shortcut is there but it does nothing.
> I can still access Search, History and Favorites but Folders will not
> open, it either remains at what I selected earlier (history, search,
> etc) or the left pane just becomes a grey screen.
> Same situation when using Internet explorer.
>
> I can still use "File manager" however this is very inconvenient.
>
>
> I dont know what the problem is, Ive been searching the web and the
> Windows CD to no luck.
>
> Please Help!!!!!


Re: "All Folders" toolbar (left pane in windows explorer) has gone by mwyeoh

mwyeoh
Thu Dec 01 19:26:02 CST 2005

Thanks guys

I tried the second one (Mike M's suggestion) first because it seemed easier
and its BACK!!!


Keep up the good work



"Mike M" wrote:

> An alternative repair method to that suggested by Noel is to re-register
> the file shdocvw.dll. Do this by
> typing the following command in the Run box (Start | Run)
> REGSVR32 /i SHDOCVW.DLL
> and then click OK.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> ZeroSP <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> > I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden the "All Folders"
> > toolbar (left pane in Windows explorer) has gone missing!!
> >
> > The shortcut is there but it does nothing.
> > I can still access Search, History and Favorites but Folders will not
> > open, it either remains at what I selected earlier (history, search,
> > etc) or the left pane just becomes a grey screen.
> > Same situation when using Internet explorer.
> >
> > I can still use "File manager" however this is very inconvenient.
> >
> >
> > I dont know what the problem is, Ive been searching the web and the
> > Windows CD to no luck.
> >
> > Please Help!!!!!
>
>

Re: "All Folders" toolbar (left pane in windows explorer) has gone by Mike

Mike
Thu Dec 01 20:02:02 CST 2005

ZeroSP <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Thanks guys
>
> I tried the second one (Mike M's suggestion) first because it seemed
> easier and its BACK!!!
>
>
> Keep up the good work

Thanks for the feedback and I'm pleased to read you've managed to fix your
problem.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com



Re: "All Folders" toolbar (left pane in windows explorer) has gone by Noel

Noel
Fri Dec 02 01:58:48 CST 2005

Glad to hear it - it does usually work (but the IE repair *always* works
<g>)

Thanks for coming back and letting us know

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"ZeroSP" <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1AEB0518-5E60-4465-979B-90A1EA7B2456@microsoft.com...
> Thanks guys
>
> I tried the second one (Mike M's suggestion) first because it seemed
> easier
> and its BACK!!!
>
>
> Keep up the good work
>
>
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
>> An alternative repair method to that suggested by Noel is to re-register
>> the file shdocvw.dll. Do this by
>> typing the following command in the Run box (Start | Run)
>> REGSVR32 /i SHDOCVW.DLL
>> and then click OK.
>> --
>> Mike Maltby
>> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> ZeroSP <mwyeoh@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> > I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden the "All Folders"
>> > toolbar (left pane in Windows explorer) has gone missing!!
>> >
>> > The shortcut is there but it does nothing.
>> > I can still access Search, History and Favorites but Folders will not
>> > open, it either remains at what I selected earlier (history, search,
>> > etc) or the left pane just becomes a grey screen.
>> > Same situation when using Internet explorer.
>> >
>> > I can still use "File manager" however this is very inconvenient.
>> >
>> >
>> > I dont know what the problem is, Ive been searching the web and the
>> > Windows CD to no luck.
>> >
>> > Please Help!!!!!
>>
>>