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Question

Windows Explorer

by Nov 13, 2012 4:36PM PST

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Clarification Request
Is that XP SKINNED?
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 14, 2012 5:48AM PST

The screen shot shows what looks to be a skinned XP. Always interesting, and trouble.

The only new item I found was that strange things like this happen if there is no C drive.
Bob

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My explorer does not do that.
by Former Forum moderator Nov 13, 2012 11:27PM PST

Windows 7 doesn't do that here.

Seems fine to me.
Bob

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Windows
by CLHanssen Nov 14, 2012 4:13AM PST

I have Windows XP.

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(NT) Checking my XP laptop now. BRB.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 14, 2012 4:19AM PST
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First, always mention those details.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 14, 2012 4:41AM PST

In 7, it's gone.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/how-to-enable-horizontal-scroll-bar-in-windows-7/1fac03fd-4105-481f-aa2b-4eff61d54877
Picture at http://www.virgentech.com/stuff/explorer_no_horizontal_scrollbar.png

https://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus10/default.htm#!Documents/Prefs/Tree_Behaviour.htm notes how it changed from version to version.

For now it's a mystery why your XP has done this. The only clue I found was if I had right aligned text as noted at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871006

Try another user account to see if it's some user choice.
Bob

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In XP ...
by Edward ODaniel Nov 14, 2012 11:32AM PST

the horizontal scroll bar isn't present in Windows Explorer unless the window pane the folders are shown in is to narrow to show all the folders names. outlook is the same.

Grab the vertical pane border and shift it to the left and you should see the scroll bar appear.

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