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Q120222: Plus Sign Appears in Windows Explorer but Not in File Manager

Article: Q120222
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95 4.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95 appscomp kbAppCompatibility
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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- When you run Windows Explorer, you see a plus sign (+) before each folder or
  tree.

- When you run File Manager, you do not see the plus or minus signs (+ or -)
  before each folder or directory.

CAUSE
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- In Windows Explorer, the plus sign appears before network directories and
  floppy disk drives for performance reasons. Ghosted connections are used for
  network directories; therefore, the plus sign appears until the directory is
  accessed. Floppy drives display a plus sign because it is time consuming to
  poll floppy drives until you want to access them.

- In Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.x, the plus and minus signs are
  enabled by default for File Manager. In Windows 95, they are disabled by
  default.

RESOLUTION
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- If you click the plus sign, it disappears if there are no subdirectories. If
  there are subdirectories, clicking the plus sign makes the subdirectories
  visible.

- On the Tree menu in File Manager, click Indicate Expandable Branches to view
  the plus and minus signs in File Manager.

Additional query words: expand

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Keywords          : win95 appscomp kbAppCompatibility 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95 4.00

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