# Open File Dialog Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328 "2010-03-10T02:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ian.taylor\_000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@ian.taylor\_000](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/ian.taylor_000)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328/1 "2010-03-10T02:57:58Z")
Don’t know if anyone else has this problem. It didn’t happen under Toad 9.7 & earlier. Sometimes, when I use the Open File option and am navigating through (network) folders by double-clicking, instead of getting the contents of the folder, the entire area of the files is greyed out. If I go back using the Up One Level or Back button and try again, I either get the greyed out area or it comes up with Windows Explorer instead! Next time it happens I’ll get a screen shot, but it’s not an every day occurrence. I’m using Toad 10.1.1.8 under Windows XP Pro. Ian * * * This Email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of the email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify Bexley Council by telephone on +44 (0) 20 8303 7777. Web Site: [http://www.bexley.gov.uk](http://www.bexley.gov.uk) This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. > **[Forcepoint](https://www.forcepoint.com/?utm_source=Websense&utm_medium=Redirect&utm_content=home)** > > Safeguarding users, data and networks against insider threats and outside attackers, in the cloud, on the road, in the office. ---
**Author:** ![ianjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@ianjackson](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/ianjackson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328/2 "2010-03-10T06:55:52Z")
I have had something similar happen too, but it just happens once and a while and I cannot reproduce it, so I didn’t report it. Also, sometimes I navigate three levels down and then on the fourth it goes back to c:/ and I cannot navigate away from it. I have to close the Open File dialog box and try again. But it usually works the 2nd time. Ian Jackson ---
**Author:** ![PatB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@PatB](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/PatB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328/3 "2010-03-10T09:19:32Z")
I used to have this problem on my old computer (xp, mcafee antivirus), but I haven’t seen this since I use windows 7 (and security essentials), so far. My coworkers still run into this, occasionally. My boss made a short video of this issue. If someone from quest/toad wants to watch this video, I can send this offline… Patrik Von: [toad@yahoogroups.com](mailto:toad@yahoogroups.com) [[mailto:toad@yahoogroups.com](mailto:toad@yahoogroups.com)] Im Auftrag von Jackson, Ian Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. März 2010 13:56 An: ‘toad@yahoogroups.com’ Betreff: [toad] RE: Open File Dialog Issue I have had something similar happen too, but it just happens once and a while and I cannot reproduce it, so I didn’t report it. Also, sometimes I navigate three levels down and then on the fourth it goes back to c:/ and I cannot navigate away from it. I have to close the Open File dialog box and try again. But it usually works the 2nd time. Ian Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328/4 "2010-03-10T10:18:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/open-file-dialog-issue/9328/5 "2010-03-10T10:40:54Z")
A colleague and I have experienced something similar in Toad 9.7. Double-clicking our way down through the folders we come to one where we cannot go any further. Back up one level, try again, and success. We blame M$ Windoze; it’s obligatory isn’t it? 😉 Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg)