Strange Windows XP problem

[cliffdunedin 8]

Hey guys. Just went to use my laptop that the missus has been using and now it wont let me click back when in a folder, eg when i open My Documents and go to a folder i cant go back to My Documents!!!

I may be a dumbas$ but can't figure it out Cheers

[antil33t 90]

Rofl, If you want you can bring it around and I can look at it for you :S

[Wom 0]

in my noob opinion, it kinda sounds like it's wiping the browsing history really fast (or not even keeping the history in the first place)

but I've only ever seen that happen in Internet Explorer, never in Windows Explorer

format and reinstall lol ... solves everything

maybe a dumb question, but have you restarted?

I know a lot of people just shut the laptops, which puts them in sleep mode, but very rarely do they get shut down or restarted properly

[Phatputer 3]

Is this happening for all folders? did you just use my documents as an example?

Also is the back button visible or is it just greyed out and not able to be clicked on when you move forwards in a folder

Backspace does the same thing as clicking "back" does this work?

My suggestion would be to reset you folder settings, go under say local drive c then tools / folder options

Click, Restore Defaults, resets the view / browsing settings for Explorer windows

[_Matt_ 42]

My suggestion is get a Mac

[kingkarl 136]

My suggestion is get a Mac

My suggestion is to re-mortgage the house... then you can get a mac.

[*Glenn* 854]

PM Andrew (Flyrat) on the forum. Andrew has fixed all our computer problems here at work

or you can email him ... andrew@wetaweb.co.nz

[cliffdunedin 8]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, Glenn i'll PM Flyrat now, otherwise i think a backup and format may be on the cards...was kind of hoping it was just a setting i was overseeing!