expand left frame in explorer (WXP-Home)

[bimmer4000]

in the Explorer, I can't get the left frame (with all the folder names) to open each time I start the Explorer. When I click on Folders in the work bar(?), I do get the left frame but when I click "Extra/Folder options/Display/On all folders" (translated!), I should get the left and right frame when I start another Explorer window. Yet that new window only shows the frame on the right, and not the left frame. I used to solve that with a tweaking program (can't remember which one). Can I force this two-pane/two-frame option in the registry?

[bvalade]

Yes, Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shel l\Explore\command

In the Right Hand Pane of RegEdit, R/click on Default and choose Modify. Edit the String Value to Show:

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n , /e ,"%1"

(Default) C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe_/n_,_/e_,"%1"

# the underscore is to represent a space.