Strange Folder options problem

Windows 7 Starter edition on the two computers I'm comparing here. Two problems here which are closely related to each other I believe, any help would be appreciated.

Firstly, I noticed this week that when inside a folder, sorting it by "Date Modified" and with the view set to "Details" the files would apparently disappear. However, by going to an application, let's say Microsoft Word, and saving into that location will show all the files. Only way to make the files appear again, would be to change the option of sorting by "Date Modified" into "Sort by Folder".

So with that confusion, I decided to look into the "Folder and Search options". On clicking the view tab I'm then confronted with something I have never seen before. All of the options have either a "ON" or "OFF" at the end of them, depicting which ones are obviously on or off. I compare this to another computer of mine and the settings themselves are exactly the same but the "ON" and "OFF" aren't on the other computer.

So, the problems I would like to rectify. How, and why do I get the files to stay there when sorted by "Date Modified" and secondly, why is the folder options showing "ON" and "OFF". Here is a LINK with what I'm seeing.

I wonder if it's one of those strange usability settings? Perhaps for people who can't see ticks or filled circles. No idea.

The strange this is, I have two computers, well Netbooks, set up exactly the same and both using Windows 7 Starter and one has the problem and the other doesn't. I can't remember this happening before and have only just noticed it this week, but that's not to say that it wasn't happening before.

On the 1st part: Maybe your Bags are corrupted. See here for a related problem I had: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/win...

Edited by XRaySpeX (Sat 18-Jun-11 13:21:50)

For some reason, and although I've played around with this all week it's finally remembering the folder settings. However, the next thing is to get rid of the ON and OFF bits at the end of the lines. I've found that it also displays it on the Visual settings. Again, here is a LINK. It's nothing crucial but it's bugging me as to how it's changed on this computer. Once again, any suggestions greatly appreciated!

As it seems pervasive, it's got to be an Ease of Access setting. Have a look at those and see if any is set inadvertently.

I've looked in Easy of Access but can't seem to see any settings which would suggest to putting an "ON" or "OFF" at the end. It only, by the looks of it, to be on those two, as I can't think of anywhere else where you have an option of having the settings on or off. I don't even remember going into Easy of Access or changing any of the settings at all! Any more suggestions?

In reply to a post by gunnersboy:

I can't think of anywhere else where you have an option of having the settings on or off.

Internet Explorer Options (or other Browsers?)?

I would do a system restore tbh.

Looked there but again it's knowing which setting it is. It's not going to be as simple as "turn the on and off feature off". If someone could give me a rough idea of where to look?