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budgie - 13 Feb 2005 16:28 GMT

To resolve some otherwise intractable issues, I've just nuked the C: drive on my
kids' box and reinstalled 98SE. No big deal.

However, Windows Explorer now shows duplicate entries in the left pane for the
C: drive. If I select C: in the left pane, the right pane only shows the one
entry, but whenever I expand the tree in the left pane the duplication is there.
After sitting watching the re-install, I'm not keen to blow it all away and
repeat the install in the hope it will go away.

Anyone seen this before? Any constructive suggestions?

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glee - 16 Feb 2005 04:03 GMT

There used to be an effect with "W" drives appearing in Explorer that way, replacing
Control panel and Printers, in IE5 and IE5.5, and I recall seeing it also with other
drive letters, creating a duplicate drive letter in only one pane.
What version of IE do you currently have installed? You might try installing (or
reinstalling) IE6 SP1

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> To resolve some otherwise intractable issues, I've just nuked the C: drive on my
> kids' box and reinstalled 98SE. No big deal.
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> Anyone seen this before? Any constructive suggestions?

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budgie - 16 Feb 2005 04:48 GMT

>There used to be an effect with "W" drives appearing in Explorer that way, replacing
>Control panel and Printers, in IE5 and IE5.5, and I recall seeing it also with other
>drive letters, creating a duplicate drive letter in only one pane.
>What version of IE do you currently have installed? You might try installing (or
>reinstalling) IE6 SP1

This is "straight out of the (CD) box" vanilla 98SE so at present it is 5.0.

The problem has actually resolved itself now - somehow - after a few more
reboots. Weird.

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glee - 16 Feb 2005 12:29 GMT

It may return....it often occurred when manipulating files with WinZip, and other
apps. I suggest you upgrade to IE6 SP1 anyway, for security, then get all the
necessary critical updates.

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> >There used to be an effect with "W" drives appearing in Explorer that way, replacing
> >Control panel and Printers, in IE5 and IE5.5, and I recall seeing it also with other
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> The problem has actually resolved itself now - somehow - after a few more
> reboots. Weird.

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