What Happened to my View Dropdown

Windows SharePoint Services WSS; List or Library has lost the "view:" dropdown list

I don't really have an explaination for this - however, I have browser-based solution!

1. Navigate to your list or library.


2. Select List Settings (or Document Library Settings) from Settings.


3. Click Create View (at the very bottom of the page).


4. Click Standard View. (Note: here is where some Content Manager - type people will want to save time and click something under the Start from an existing view section - DO NOT DO THAT, the new view you create will have the same problem again.)


5. Go ahead and re-create the view you want and save it, make sure it is the default view if you are 'fixing' the default view. You will need to create a name and URL that is different from all of the other views, of course.


6. Navigate back to your list or library's default view page (probably AllItems.aspx).


7. Select Edit Page from Site Actions.


8. Select Delete from the Edit menu on the broken web-part.


9. Click Add a Web Part.


10. Select the list or library you are currently trying to fix.


11. Select Modify Shared Web Part from the Edit menu on the web-part you just put on the page.


12. Select your newly-created view from Selected View (click OK when the warning message appears).


13. Select Full Toolbar from Toolbar Type.


14. Click OK.


15. Delete the other 'broken' view.


16. You can now rename your new view to the same information as the old broken view, even if the new view is now called All Items and the URL you want is AllItems.aspx.

This has happened multiple times on various lists and libraries on my sites. I have yet to find a reason for it.