In message , Tim Meddick
writes:
Still miserably unclear on exactly your issue...

Sounds like the opposite of the first possibility I mentioned, i.e.;
that you do not want sub-folders automatically expanded in the
left-hand pane (folder view) when clicked-on.

Have you tried making sure that the option in :

"Control Panel" "Folder Options" "View" (tab)

...and setting the option : "Display simple folder view in Explorer's
folder-list."

...and making sure that it has *not* got a "checkmark" in this box?

Changing that hasn't changed the new behaviour.

Clearing the quoted checkbox will ensure folders remain un-expanded in
the left-hand pane until it's [+] sign is clicked-on.

Can't think what else you might mean?
(perhaps a screen-shot may help me grasp the idea?)....
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I have three folders (among others) in D:, called 2009, 2010, and 2011.
2010 has subfolders 01 to 12.

At the moment, in the left pane I have
[+] 2009
[+] 2010
[+] 2011

.. I have the focus on 2010, which means that in the _right_ pane I have
01
02
....
11
12

Now, when I first started using XP on here, if I double-clicked on 06 in
the _right_ pane, I got
[+] 2009
[?] 2010
[+] 06
[+] 2011

in the _left_ pane: in other words, 06 appeared, but 01 to 05 and 07 to
12 didn't. (I can't remember what ? showed as.)

Now, if I activate 06 in the right pane, I get
[+] 2009
[-] 2010
[+] 01
[+] 02
etc.
[+] 06
etc.
[+] 12
[+] 2011
in the left pane, i. e. _all_ 2010's subfolders appear.

Originally, I thought the first display was misleading, as it suggests
that 06 is the _only_ subfolder of 2010, which is not the case; However,
it _is_ convenient, and besides, I'd like to know what I (or something
else) did to change things.

Thanks for your persistence!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.