Vista - File explorer under Vista

I realize this is herretical in nature but the new Vista file Explorer is a
very real problem for me. The Navigation pane comes and goes as it wishes.
Sometimes the files are single click activation sometimes double-click. My
shortcuts don't always work. When I create a shortcut it has the word
"-shortcut" appended to it. The list goes on and on. I realize it may not
make any sense to some but I have a structured way of using file explorere
windows and shortcuts that is very valuable to me and does not work under
Vista.

I have set all options that I can find to "Classical View". Still doesn't
solve the problem.

Short of going back to XP (which I may do) is there anything I can do to get
back the old file explorer functionality?


Thanks.
--
John Olbert