The files and extentions normaly displayed in the left
window when exploring the C drive is greyed out. Only
happened after downloads

This is often a result of a corrupted Internet Explorer install (yes- I do
mean IE!!)
Try a repair of Internet Explorer from Add/Remove programs

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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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