Hi Alan, Alt-V for view, and D for Details. That'll do it. All the best Steve _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alan pollard Sent: 07 January 2008 10:06 To: access uk Subject: [access-uk] windows Explorer help requested Hi list members,and a Happy New Year to all!.Yesterday I noticed that windows Explorer in the c drive,was displaying the folders ,plus the files within, as Icons to be read ,left to right for example as in the :control panel etc windows. could I have accidently changed the setting some how? this is on a win 98 machine,if so I would appreciate some help in getting back to the text layout , .thanking you in advance.Alan