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Article:		Five More Annoying PC Annoyances
Subject:		Help: Win Xp explorer --> View --> Explorer Bar - Folders
Date:		2005-11-23 06:02:06
From:		BobCymbalski
Response to: Help: Win Xp explorer --> View --> Explorer Bar - Folders
The Problem: You set up your PC with a specific folder view, with Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View / Folder View / Apply to all Folders. However, even after you do that, every time you open a folder, it does not look like you configured it. An alternate problem is that you no longer can see ore enable the common tasks in folders. Why: You have a group policy that is disabling that capability (I know, it isn't documented that this is a side-effect... but after fighting with it for over a month, I finally figured it out). Solution: Go to the appropriate Group Policy and configure: User Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Explorer / Turn on Classic Shell. Set to DISABLED. It is possible that other policies also impact this, such as active desktop; I have it set with all active desktop items disabled except for this one.

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