Hey Gil, I am not entirely sure this will answer your question. First of all, amd please correct me if I'm wrong, but, I have always thought of Windows Explorer and My Computer as one and the same. Anyway, here goes: when in My Documents, there is an icon that has a picture of a folder with a green arrow pointing up. If you click this once it should go to My Computer/Windows Explorer. If you don't see the icon, you can go to View>Go To>Up One Level, to achieve the same results. Good Luck! Amy Ledford --- Gil <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I just installed a new hard drive and reinstalled > windows xp/home on my HP Pavillion. I had one > problem after another after installing "SP2" (from > the disk) my computer was almost new. Now when I > went to download a program; I recieved a message > that it was too close to another application and > that I would have to install it in another > sector(have no idea how to dothat) I started by > going to Windows Explorer, but I was surprised to > find that instead I was in "My Documents" Any Ideas > how to get explorer back, thanks to anyone that took > the time to read this, Gil [log in to unmask] > > Curious about the people moderating > your > messages? Visit our staff web > site: > > http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml