Folder Options in Windows Explorer

Yes, but see my reply to my own post.  (Thanks)

Yes, you can move the toolbars around; first check (right click on a toolbar) that Lock the Toolbars is unchecked (if checked, click on it to uncheck). To move a toolbar, place the cursor over its left edge (embossed line), depress left mouse (cursor changes) and drag to where you want it.

I have placed the standard buttons toolbar beneath the menus toolbar; that way both start at the left of the window, so the icons remain visible even when the window width is reduced. I also have the address bar below them (so I can easily see which folder I'm in).

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 11-01-2005 01:38 AM

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 11-01-2005 01:43 AM

Thanks, JRosenfeld. I think I’m on your track with regard to Windows Explorer (W.E.) tool bars.

Perhaps you could help with a related W.E question?  I would like the default screen to be “folders”, or at least have the W.E. screen format return to the most recent setting when re-launched/re-booted.  Ditto with the Views options (Thumbnails, etc.); I would like to choose the default setting or at least have the Views options return to the most recent setting when re-launched/re-booted.

Richard Evans

A general point: if you click start, help and support in the search box type 'use Windows Explorer' (or just Windows Explorer), click on the green arrow, then in the left pane you'll see several links to sections of help that give very useful information. The help and support in XP is very good.

Specifically, to answer the questions I think you are asking, if you want to see Windows Explorer with a left pane showing the tree of folders under C:\, and with C:\ selected (so that its contents show in the right pane), make a short cut to Windows Explorer (or copy an existing short cut). Right click on the short cut, click properties; in the target line, replace what is there with

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:\

(note the space between exe and /)

click apply, OK.

There are many other ways to specify how Windows Explorer opens, see, for example, http://www.xona.com/2004/07/18.html

Or, another site giving detailed info on Windows Explorer: http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/explorer2.htm

(both found by googling ;-))

You can, of course, place that shortcut to wherever you want, e.g. the desktop, the start menu or the quick launch toolbar.

To set the views of your folders, best is to open any folder, set the view up as you want it, then folder options, view tab, click apply to all folders and in the list make sure that 'remember each folder's view settings' is checked (whilst there you could also review the other settings), click Apply, OK. If there is some folder for which you want a different view from the default that you've created, open it and change its view settings to what you want, Windows will then remember (until you have a lot of folders, but there is a trick to solve that as well, won't burden you with that now).

removed unnecessary info, I got carried away, sorry :-)

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 11-01-2005 11:07 PM

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 11-01-2005 11:10 PM