Can't Reopen Left Explorer Pane

In Explorer's left pane there is a down arrow used I believe to
close the Folders. When I click this down arrow the folders become
invisible (closed) but I'm unable to reopen them unless I close Explorer and
reopen it.
Also, without having to to install 3rd party software, is there a way in
Explorer
tot display ONLY the Folder structure of my drives? I want only to 'see'
C: open and the other drives closed.

I'm using Vista Home Basic SP1

Thanks,
James

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:16 -0400, "JamesJ"
<jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:

>In Explorer's left pane there is a down arrow used I believe to
>close the Folders. When I click this down arrow the folders become
>invisible (closed) but I'm unable to reopen them unless I close Explorer and
>reopen it.
>Also, without having to to install 3rd party software, is there a way in
>Explorer
>tot display ONLY the Folder structure of my drives? I want only to 'see'
>C: open and the other drives closed.
>
>I'm using Vista Home Basic SP1
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
>

James, to only see C: open, create a shortcut to Windows Explorer on
your Desktop. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties. In the
Shortcut tab of the Properties dialog, note the Target section. Click
after the entry, hit the spacebar one time, and type the following:

/n,/e,/C:\ (note that there are no spaces in the switches area)

Click OK and you're done.

HTH,

-- Larry

The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
No drive letters at all.

This is in the Target field:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\

"Larry" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:16 -0400, "JamesJ"
> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>>In Explorer's left pane there is a down arrow used I believe to
>>close the Folders. When I click this down arrow the folders become
>>invisible (closed) but I'm unable to reopen them unless I close Explorer
>>and
>>reopen it.
>>Also, without having to to install 3rd party software, is there a way in
>>Explorer
>>tot display ONLY the Folder structure of my drives? I want only to 'see'
>>C: open and the other drives closed.
>>
>>I'm using Vista Home Basic SP1
>>
>>Thanks,
>>James
>>
>>
>
> James, to only see C: open, create a shortcut to Windows Explorer on
> your Desktop. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties. In the
> Shortcut tab of the Properties dialog, note the Target section. Click
> after the entry, hit the spacebar one time, and type the following:
>
> /n,/e,/C:\ (note that there are no spaces in the switches area)
>
> Click OK and you're done.
>
> HTH,
>
> -- Larry

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in
news::

> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
> No drive letters at all.
>
> This is in the Target field:
>
> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>
> "Larry" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:16 -0400, "JamesJ"
>> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In Explorer's left pane there is a down arrow used I believe to
>>>close the Folders. When I click this down arrow the folders
>>>become invisible (closed) but I'm unable to reopen them unless I
>>>close Explorer and
>>>reopen it.
>>>Also, without having to to install 3rd party software, is there a
>>>way in Explorer
>>>tot display ONLY the Folder structure of my drives? I want only
>>>to 'see' C: open and the other drives closed.
>>>
>>>I'm using Vista Home Basic SP1
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>James
>>>
>>>
>>
>> James, to only see C: open, create a shortcut to Windows Explorer
>> on your Desktop. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties.
>> In the Shortcut tab of the Properties dialog, note the Target
>> section. Click after the entry, hit the spacebar one time, and
>> type the following:
>>
>> /n,/e,/C:\ (note that there are no spaces in the switches
>> area)
>>
>> Click OK and you're done.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -- Larry
>
>

Am I missing something or what? Why don't you just open Windows
Explorer and drag the Local Disk (C Icon to your desktop?

Because, I see other folders like Desktop, 'Userrname\Public, Network,
Control Panel and Recycle Bin...
Dragging C: to the desktop doesn't allow only C: to be viewed in Explorer.
Maybe I need 3rd party software.

James

"Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9BDE403FD465Adcoxgmailcom@207.46.248.16...
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in
> news::
>
>> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
>> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
>> No drive letters at all.
>>
>> This is in the Target field:
>>
>> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>>
>> "Larry" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:16 -0400, "JamesJ"
>>> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In Explorer's left pane there is a down arrow used I believe to
>>>>close the Folders. When I click this down arrow the folders
>>>>become invisible (closed) but I'm unable to reopen them unless I
>>>>close Explorer and
>>>>reopen it.
>>>>Also, without having to to install 3rd party software, is there a
>>>>way in Explorer
>>>>tot display ONLY the Folder structure of my drives? I want only
>>>>to 'see' C: open and the other drives closed.
>>>>
>>>>I'm using Vista Home Basic SP1
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> James, to only see C: open, create a shortcut to Windows Explorer
>>> on your Desktop. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties.
>>> In the Shortcut tab of the Properties dialog, note the Target
>>> section. Click after the entry, hit the spacebar one time, and
>>> type the following:
>>>
>>> /n,/e,/C:\ (note that there are no spaces in the switches
>>> area)
>>>
>>> Click OK and you're done.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> -- Larry
>>
>>
>
> Am I missing something or what? Why don't you just open Windows
> Explorer and drag the Local Disk (C Icon to your desktop?

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:...
> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
> No drive letters at all.
>
> This is in the Target field:
>
> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>

Get rid of the forward slash before the C, or follow Dave Cox's method
unless you want to /root, the folder tree in the C drive.

Tom

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:11:57 +0100, "Tom Allen" <>
wrote:

>
>"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>news:...
>> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
>> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
>> No drive letters at all.
>>
>> This is in the Target field:
>>
>> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>>
>
>Get rid of the forward slash before the C, or follow Dave Cox's method
>unless you want to /root, the folder tree in the C drive.
>
>Tom
>
Oops ... you're right. My bad.

-- Larry

That did it. It still shows many folders that I don't wish to view.
Anyway around this?

James

"Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
>> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
>> No drive letters at all.
>>
>> This is in the Target field:
>>
>> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>>
>
> Get rid of the forward slash before the C, or follow Dave Cox's method
> unless you want to /root, the folder tree in the C drive.
>
> Tom
>

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:...
> That did it. It still shows many folders that I don't wish to view.
> Anyway around this?
>
> James
>

If you mean you don't want to see User, Public, Network and other drives
then try
C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/root,C:\

Tom



> "Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
>>> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
>>> No drive letters at all.
>>>
>>> This is in the Target field:
>>>
>>> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>>>
>>
>> Get rid of the forward slash before the C, or follow Dave Cox's
>> method unless you want to /root, the folder tree in the C drive.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>

That worked great. Is there a way to have my other 2 drives exposed - a:\
and d:\'
I added these drive to the switch but it didn't help:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,,/a:\,d:\,root,C:\

I'm back where I started. with public, network... showing.

James

"Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> That did it. It still shows many folders that I don't wish to view.
>> Anyway around this?
>>
>> James
>>
>
> If you mean you don't want to see User, Public, Network and other drives
> then try
> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/root,C:\
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>> "Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> The switch acrually made it worse. I don't even see c:
>>>> The tree starts with Desktop and goes to Username and so forth.
>>>> No drive letters at all.
>>>>
>>>> This is in the Target field:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/C:\
>>>>
>>>
>>> Get rid of the forward slash before the C, or follow Dave Cox's method
>>> unless you want to /root, the folder tree in the C drive.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>
>
>