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My friends Windows 7 x64 system is not displaying the sub-folders of libraries tab in windows explorer pane. See below:

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Whenever he or I click on the arrow next to the tab it opens nothing and clicking on the folder show what you see above. However if I click on the documents tab from the start menu, it brings up the documents folder. The Libraries tab on the left pane doesn't work though from that either. Any ideas?

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The location for the files/shortcuts that define the libraries are stored in %appdata%\microsoft\windows\libraries have a look and see what is in there. – DMA57361♦ Sep 10 '10 at 9:25
Are you showing hidden and system files? – kokbira Apr 19 '11 at 12:22
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Here's something you might try:

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I tried that already, and it didn't work. – KronoS Sep 10 '10 at 5:24
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@KronoS: What happens when you right click Libraries in the left hand navigation pane and try to make a New Library? – paradroid Sep 10 '10 at 8:54
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I had the same problem myself.

To fix it I went to Tools in the menu bar of an Explorer window, selected Folder options, then chose the View tab. In the list under Advanced Settings was a section named 'Hidden files and folders'. After checking 'Show hidden files and folders' I could see everything again.

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Show hidden files did the trick as after a system restore the ownership of all document was set to 'SYSTEM'. After showing the hidden files I changed ownership back to the 'rightful' user ID and the issue was solved

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