on the top of the explorer menu, click on view and then go to explorer bar
and then click on folders.
for the details, view Details.. if it doesn't work.. try restoring windows
to previous date and if that doesn't work, you're just gonna have to
reinstall windows again.
- Ace

"cozyhomelife" <chl@notscape.com> wrote in message
news:lzdod.30964$Qv5.16145@newssvr33.news.prodigy. com...
> When I'm in my windows explorer (file manager) I am missing something that
> used to be there. It used to be that all the folders showed in the left
> frame, and on the right were all the folders and files. At the top of
> the
> right section were different column headers, like for the day, time, size
> of
> file. I could click on any of those headers and my files would be shown
> in order by their alphabetized name or their size or their date, etc.
> This
> has always been this way, and I've had the computer for years. Now
> suddenly, all I see are the folders and files in the right section.
> There
> is no header that lets me change the column it is sorted by. I can no
> longer see the dates that allowed me to classify my picture folders
> correctly. Naturally, I've played with the settings in the icons that
> switches from different views. When I put it on DETAILS, everything
> that
> is in the right frame, suddenly becomes invisible and it's a blank white
> screen. I put it back on list, and it's all there again. I've tried
> every toolbar option and am getting no where. Does anyone have a clue
> what happened to my computer? The only thing I did different was to
> unload
> a yahoo browser and some other of their software like messenger and their
> toolbar that is used in browsing the internet.
>
>