Explorer is not a directory and file browser.
Oh, what a statement you may think, but why does it hide items and show items that are not directories and files?
Here's what I use -> Guyla's Navigator.
A little quirky to some, but free and is a file/directory browser.
Bob
First post, i'm relatively ignorant to this pc tech stuff, and need some help. I've recently realized that my 16 gig hard drive only has about 600mb still avaiable. I'm looking around to see what's taking up so much space when I find out my "documents and settings" folder is 7 gigs. However, I cannot find any files within this folder that even come close to adding up to 7 gigs. What could possibly be causing this folder to take up so much space if there's nothing that large in it?... nothing I can see, anyway? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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