Hi Andrew. Perhaps its because you have tabbed out of the tree view and into the folder window on the right hand side. I've tried it and I can't alt forward or alt back in here like you can do in the tree view. If you shift-tab back to the tree view you can forward and backup through the treeview using alt arrows. I've never found a need to use the alt forward. Or alt backwards since I've always just up and down arrowed through this tree view. I haven't yet found any benefits you gain by using the alt keys. Peter -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of andy logue Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:35 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Navigating Windows Explorer Hi all. I'm using Windows XP Home and when navigating through the Tree View and Folder Views, I often cannot return to the tree view by Alt and right arrow. Frequently, I need to do the keystroke a few times and often it refuses to go back into the tree view. Anyone any ideas? Best wishes. Andy from sunny Kilcreggan ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body.