"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.

try pushing your registry back (system restore in xp. scanreg in 9x)