Windows Explorer Issue after installing IE6

[Moz]

Strange occurance here, after installing IE6 on a Windows2K SP2 machine the left side of my folder view in windows explorer is greyed out. Kinda wierd, not sure what;s going on. There's a screenshot of the problem below.

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[Moz]

one last try ^

 

[bacillus]

that's really odd!
can only suggest you either try repairing the IE install or if that doesn't work restore to previous windows configuration!
you can do either in add|remove programs by highlightig IE, choose remove & a new box should pop up with the aforementioned options.