# Where have my folder names gone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-folder-names-gone/300725>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-folder-names-gone/300725 "2005-04-23T03:43:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-folder-names-gone/300725/1 "2005-04-23T03:43:00Z")

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All the folder names in “My Computer” as well as at the root level in my 3 hard drives have disappeared. They’re still there when I go a directory in but I haven’t intentionally changed any settings and would like to know what the different root directories are before I click on them!

Anyone got any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-folder-names-gone/300725/2 "2005-04-23T03:46:36Z")

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D’oh! The most complex seeming problems have the simplest solutions! Turns out I accidentally changed the view type to view as thumbnails. Changing it back to icons fixed it!