Comments on: Windows Tip: 12 Hidden Windows Explorer Tricks

By: ggarrison

ggarrison — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:56:59 +0000

@dave w: It certainly has helped me.

By: ggarrison

ggarrison — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:52:27 +0000

Thank you for helping me. We need people like yourself in the world, always willing to share information… I hope something happens good for you and I will pray that it does. I thought that I had lost over 10 yrs of files. I cried over it! For over 4 months I was in limbo. Your tips helped me recover these "lost files". Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you again.

By: Gregory A Frank

Gregory A Frank — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:46:12 +0000

I asked a question and got miles of horseshit instead of even the slightest attempt to answer the queery. What the fuck is the point to your existence?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:58:57 +0000

I am using classic shell explorer extensions but still I get hate flashes every time I need to use the explorer.
I also tried some freeware clones but none really satisfies.
The breadcrumb stuff may seem nice on first glance but the benefit is rather small if you use the folder bar.
I use detailed view for everything and the little arrows which appear in the properties bar are a nuisance if you quickly want to arrange the columns.
Also the library stuff is of little use to me. I would rather have a good favorites bar.
Before W7 I was using IdosWin free a lot. This is a little known explorer clone as it was only available in German but it had some very useful and unique features without being overloaded.
Unfortunately the developer has stopped working on it.
Here is a brief list of some of its rarerly found performance boosters:
1. Folder Size Option (updated in the background) allows deleting of obsolete (empty) folders without looking into them to check if they are empty (saves many unnecessary clicks)
2. 1-click "New Folder here" and "CMD prompt here"
3. "Always Move" or "Always copy" option without any magic which only confuses the unexperienced user. (I work in support and I know my users)
4. Option to delete without confirmation if the object is deleted to the recycle bin BUT always ask for confirmation if the object gets really deleted. This way I am only asked if necessary. Thus I know, that if a box pops up I really need to be careful. (Accidental file deletion on shares is a main reason for restore requests I am getting)
5. Grid view and automatic column adjustment option. (Saves a lot of "mousing")
6. 3 pane window which allows very quick and easy file and folder manipulation.
7. Easy configurable favorites list.
8. Fully context menu compliant with the regular explorer

By: chris alfrey

chris alfrey — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:26:51 +0000

@Aufbeschissener Kunde: As far as I can tell it is a web browser.

By: umberto

umberto — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:24:26 +0000

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By: Teuku Marwan

Teuku Marwan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:22:20 +0000

saya pengguna windows 7 tapi saat saya explore untuk meampilkan hanya gambar atau musik, seperti win xp, tidak bisa mohon kalau ada yang tau, soalnya saya setiap hari hanya perlu memanggil hanya gambar dengan berbagai extensi

By: bean

bean — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:58:43 +0000

@anonymous: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! +997 more.

By: bean

bean — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:19:30 +0000

@PC Tech: Thank you!

By: bean

bean — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:14:24 +0000

@Noname: I miss that so much, too!

By: veejai

veejai — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:33:50 +0000

how to hide the windwos vista explore bar

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:50:44 +0000

Worry not folks. Classic Shell is here and it fixes most of Windows Explorer's problems in Vista and 7. Download the free open source great tool from http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

By: Kip Jones

Kip Jones — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:32:34 +0000

can anyone tell how to set and forget how explorer shows it views…. I would like to have files shown as a list, and sorted by file type, all of the time. This used to be easy… but I have not found the way to do it in Vista… It is driving me mad!
Thanks
Kip-

By: dar501

dar501 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:03:54 +0000

Tools -> Folder Options -> open each folder in same window. This is a very easy setting to change.

By: Diboza

Diboza — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:26:52 +0000

Windows explorer gives me a problem here it says window explorer has stop working restart window it does that all day is there any way i can fix this.