You have to turn Common Tasks off.

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
General tab | Select Use Windows classic folders |
Click Apply | Click OK

Now try...

%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /n

Windows Explorer should open with a single pane, unless you click on the
Folders icon to display the tree view.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:37576018-B0C4-4E85-AAF1-6D9C60EF2FE7@microsoft.com,
kmlillis <kmlillis@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I want to open Windows Explorer with just a single pane. No "System
> Tasks..Other Places..Details", no "Folder View", not anything on the left.
> Just one single window pane with my files listed. I've read in
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=314853 and
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=307856
>
> that the /n switch on explorer.exe is supposed to open a "new single-pane
> Window", but it doesn't.
>
> I'm running Windows XP x64.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin