How do I fix the "Details" view in Explorer? Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 If you either see only partial information or no information at all when trying to use the Details view in Explorer, odds are the columns are screwed up. Just use your mouse, and resize them by moving the arrow until it changes to a horizontal resize arrow, between the column headings. Then, click down and drag the columns until you can see all the information. If you click on the column headings themselves, it will sort the window accordingly. Double-clicking the column separators will automatically adjust the column widths so that all the information is displayed. If you don't see any columns, they've all been squeezed to the left. Just take your mouse, and move it slowly around the upper-left portion of the window until the double-arrow (for resizing) appears. Note: you can also press the Ctrl and + keys to automatically resize all columns (just like double-clicking on each and every column divider). That's the + key on your numeric keypad, not the one next to your backspace key. Note: in Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista, select Choose Details from Explorer's View menu to turn on or off over 30 different columns of information. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 95] Question about 'How do I fix the (peirce: Monday, October 22, 2001) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the (anthony rossi: Monday, October 29, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (gpl: Monday, January 7, 2002) [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (Prim Suchhin: Monday, February 4, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (Edward M: Wednesday, March 6, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (Althrox: Saturday, December 7, 2002) [Windows XP] all my CD rom drives suddenly dissappeared (Chris: Friday, July 4, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (harold: Thursday, August 7, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (Marta Guagliardo: Tuesday, December 30, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?' (Jerry: Thursday, February 19, 2004) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the "Details" view in Explorer?' (Noel: Tuesday, May 18, 2004) [Windows 2000] when the contents of my computer folder dissappear in windows 2000 (toye: Monday, June 21, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I fix the "Details" view in Explorer?' (ScottR: Sunday, August 1, 2004) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I fix the "Details" view in Explorer?' (Mark: Sunday, September 26, 2004) Return to "Troubleshooting"