[Ham-Computers] Windows Explorer Strange Behavior

johngadd at comcast.net johngadd at comcast.net
Wed Feb 16 07:43:37 EST 2005


How much RAM Memory do you have? What is WK2? Is that Windows 2000? What version of IE are you running. Have you added IE SP1& IE2? have you run checkdisk on the file system? Lot of unanswered questions guy?

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> Group, 
> 
> OS is W2K, SP4, most recent of the millions of MicroSkunk security breach 
> updates. For years, when I've started Windows Explorer, the default opening 
> display has Desktop at the top, followed by My Documents (always opened for some 
> reason), then My Computer (all drives are under this and it normally opens 
> closed), then My Network Places, etc. etc to the bottom of the list (in my case, 
> a 
> folder on the Desktop called "Applications"). Recently (last three or four 
> days maybe), I've noticed that sometimes when I start Explorer, under Desktop 
> is My Computer on down to the normal bottom of the list (Applications) 
> followed by My Documents on down to the bottom again. Usually, when it exhibits 
> this 
> strange behavior, closing it and reopening it squares it away but sometimes, 
> it only straightens out (as a few minutes ago) after I've close most of the 
> open applications. 
> 
> Anyone else noticing this? Any clue as to cause? 
> 
> Robert Downs - Houston 
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