I have the Windows ME OS. When I open Windows Explorer, I am unable to see the Hierarchy Pane window on the left side that lists all the drives and folders. I have tried everything I could think of to make this window pane come up to no avail. I tried clicking on view, than on Explorer Bar, and then I put a check next to Folders. When I click on folders, I get a pane on the left side that is totally gray with nothing in it except an (X) in the upper right hand corner that when clicked on, only closes the left pane. Does anyone know what I can do to have the left pane show the list of folders that are in my C Drive? Thanking you in advance, I remain, sincerely, Phil

Phil Right click Start>Explore>Tools>Folder Options>View> Click Restore Defaults>Apply>OK GL

I tried the suggestion as listed. Unfortunately, this did not do the trick. I still wind up with a gray box in the left pane where the folders should be listed. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Phil

I have the same problem. I believe it occurred after installing IE6.

I also have the same problem as bjangel and it did occur after uprading to IE 6.0.

I just upgraded my granddaughter's Windows 98 SE to IE 6.0 and have exactly the same problem with the left pane of Windows Explorer. This happened several months ago with my computer. I didn't relate it to IE 6.0 then, but that's about the time I did that upgrade. I finally did find a setting that fixed the problem, but I can't remember how! There IS a fix; anyone out there remember where?

I've got the same problem - the left hand-pane is there but blank. I've also tried everything I can think of to no avail. TweakUI doesn't seem to help. If Robert can remember how he fixed it, I'd be really grateful