windows explorer hangs in folder view

[prinand]

Question : I have windows 2000, SP4.

if you doubleclick on my computer, it is possible to browse the drives.
however if I launch windows explorer, and have the left pane displaying the folders view, than explorer hangs, or displays an error message : "explorer has generated errors and needs to close"

so as long as I do not use the left pane for the folders view, all is OK.

I reinstalled SP4, checked IE6 but all seemed OK to me...
I tried it with network drives mapped, and removed all network drives, but that made no difference

anyone any ideas ??

 

[MrTBC]

Hi there.
This recent post may be of interest:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1157433&page=1

 

[prinand]

this is just about defragmentating the HDD. that is no issue with this PC.

windows explorer works OK, unless I click on the folders button which opens the pane on the left side of windows explorer.