XP style explorer viewing

When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
altogether.
when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
happen to be in.

I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
folders...
is there any way i can get vista to do this?

thanks,

My Windows Explorer doesn't do that... the Navigation pane remains
unchanged.
You might try restoring the default folder settings.
Organize - folder & Search Options
Restore defaults



<> wrote in message
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> When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
> folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
> subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
> altogether.
> when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
> longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
> happen to be in.
>
> I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
> move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
> folders...
> is there any way i can get vista to do this?
>
> thanks,
>

Explorer doesn't exhibit that behavior on my system. It seems to be unique
to yours. I do open mine with
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, C:\


<> wrote in message
news:ba71bd96-0e63-40e7-8030-...
> When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
> folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
> subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
> altogether.
> when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
> longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
> happen to be in.
>
> I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
> move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
> folders...
> is there any way i can get vista to do this?
>
> thanks,
>

On Feb 1, 9:26*am, "Dave" <d...@beepbeep.com> wrote:
> My Windows Explorer doesn't do that... the Navigation pane remains
> unchanged.
> You might try restoring the default folder settings.
> Organize - folder & Search Options
> Restore defaults
>
> <rtdav...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ba71bd96-0e63-40e7-8030-...
>
>
>
> > When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
> > folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
> > subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
> > altogether.
> > when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
> > longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
> > happen to be in.
>
> > I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
> > move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
> > folders...
> > is there any way i can get vista to do this?
>
> > thanks,- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

there it is... the navigation pane was turned off. that was easy.
thanks

That would explain it... ;-)


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<> wrote in message
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> On Feb 1, 9:26 am, "Dave" <d...@beepbeep.com> wrote:
>> My Windows Explorer doesn't do that... the Navigation pane remains
>> unchanged.
>> You might try restoring the default folder settings.
>> Organize - folder & Search Options
>> Restore defaults
>>
>> <rtdav...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ba71bd96-0e63-40e7-8030-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > When i use explorer in vista, you can see all the drives and expand
>> > folders in the left pane but as soon as you get to a folder with no
>> > subfolders in it, explorer opens that up and closes the left pane
>> > altogether.
>> > when i try and go back, it moves up the folder chain, but i can no
>> > longer see the rest of the drive folders, only the immediate one i
>> > happen to be in.
>>
>> > I liked the old style where the left pane stayed intact, and you could
>> > move freely between other expanded folders with the pluses next to the
>> > folders...
>> > is there any way i can get vista to do this?
>>
>> > thanks,- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> there it is... the navigation pane was turned off. that was easy.
> thanks
>