Comments on: Features in the Vista Explorer are Somewhat Lost

By: Hedge

Hedge — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:53:21 +0000

Uhhh guys, they’re talking about toolbars not the fricking menu items. Also there is a way to make all folders default to “All Items” instead of one of the crappy media specific views. Just enter this into your registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
“FolderType”=”NotSpecified”

By: jhenifer

jhenifer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:03:08 +0000

The best part is probably that the “Lock the Toolbars” option remained (right click), but there’s no toolbar to lock… How good is that joke.

By: Cifrocco

Cifrocco — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:11:49 +0000

The most annoying things about Vista Explorer are:

It does not remember its window settings when you lanuch it, it always launches as a small window in the top left quadrant of the screen, no matter how you arrange it when you exit it.

It automatically sorts filenames in the right window, especially after you rename something, or extract a compressed file, or whatever. XP used to append new files at the bottom and you could easily find it that way. Vista is incredibly annoying.

I can’t get a Delete button on the toolbar. WHY?!?

By: Redneck Techy

Redneck Techy — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:59:26 +0000

I am not sure why Chris had the response that he did as you can see from the previous respones and also from the below link which is from another writer on his very own website this feature is easily fixable.

http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/04/10/windows-explorer-menu-bar-in-windows-vista/

I wonder is it possible that the rather straight forward and possibly harsh answer of just reverting back to Windows XP is a personal preference of Chris’s and not necessarily a good answer. Possibly the best answer might be get Ubuntu.

Thanks

Redneck Techy

By: phantomdata

phantomdata — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:40:24 +0000

… though the recommendation to revert to Windows XP seems a bit drastic. I’d recommend just learning the shortcuts – you’ll end up saving time anyway and you won’t be left in the dust when everything inevitably moves to Vista.

By: Treberif

Treberif — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:31:06 +0000

Wow, I never noticed it was gone in the first place.
I like the new look more, though. I’ll have to remember the ALT key thing, just in case.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:32:29 +0000

burn, since that seems right what Arnie wrote XD

By: Arnie

Arnie — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:49:28 +0000

Hi Chris.

I’m afraid on this occasion you are wrong. The Windows explorer menu bar (if that’s what Alix is referring to) is still there. You can access it be pressing the ALT key when inside Windows explorer. You can also enable it permanently by going into Control Panel > Folder Options > View [Tab] and checking the box next to the “Always Show Menus” option.

Regards,
Arnie

By: ProBo

ProBo — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:47:16 +0000

I really do not like Vistas new explorer interface. While there are some improvements, theres allot of times when I really wish I had that bar back. I wish they would have an option to let it be there.