Category: Win Explorer Tips| What are "window panes"? | | "Panes" are generally referenced when you have a split window, like what you would have in Windows Explorer. |
| Copy the Path | | Is there a faster way to open a file path? For example, can I copy and paste the line below somewhere and have the folder just open up? |
| Full Path | | Have you ever gotten a little lost while using " My Computer "? Before you get buried in another deep directory, tell Windows to show the full path in the title bar. |
| Exploring Thumbnails | | Do you have folders full of pictures? Starting with Windows ME you can use "thumbnail view". |
| A Quick Way to the C: | | OK, I know there are several ways to view the contents of your hard drive (normally drive "C" ), but here's one I stumbled upon the other day that I thought was kinda cool. |
| Inverse Selections | | Have you ever needed to select *most* of the files in a folder using Windows Explorer? Maybe you're copying them to a floppy, moving them to new home, or doing some other type of exciting file management activity. |
| What is a Wizard? | | A Wizard is a tool to guide you through the steps of a process or task by asking a series of questions or presenting options. |
| Bigger Thumbnails | | Since Windows ME we've had the option of having folders in thumbnail view. This creates a little picture preview in the folder. Very handy if you have gigs of pictures on your hard drive. Have you ever wished that they were bigger? |
| What's This? | | Find out what different features do in Microsoft products |
| Let's Make a New Folder! | | Let's say you would like to have some sub-folders (a sub-folder is a folder within a folder) in your "My Documents" folder. You could set one up for each member of your family so everyone's stuff stays separate, or for specific jobs |
| Resize Scrollbars | | My scrollbars are too small and I have trouble grabbing them. Is there a way to change the size? |
| Keep Your Folder View Consistent | | Do Some of your folders show big icons, some a list, and others have thumbnails? There is an easy way to make them all the same |
| Windows Searches | | Do you have a particular folder you're always rummaging through? Maybe your "My Documents" folder? Well, do I have a trick for you! |
| Customize the XP Start Menu | | You know about the "Start" button, right? It sits down in the lower left-hand corner of the toolbar waiting to be clicked whereupon it shall reveal its wealth of information. But what if you click it and you don't like the way it looks? This is especially true for nostalgic Win 98 users who were dragged kicking and screaming to Win XP. |
| Where is my Control+Alt+Delete? | | This could be caused by a virus, but before you panic, it could also be missing if, for some unknown reason, Task Manager did not install or was deleted. So, first you should find out if it's there: |
| Classic Control Panel in XP | | By default, the control panel is in "Category View", so when you open it you see 10 categories (Appearance, sound, etc.) to choose from. That can make it hard to find what you want. If you notice on the right side there is a link marked "Switch to Classic View". |
| Folder Jumpin' | | So, I decided to make things easier on myself and create shortcuts to my main folders within each folder. That way, no matter which folder I was messing around with, the other ones were only a mouse click away. |
| Viewing File Extensions | | Are your file extensions hiding from you? Do you see file names but secretly wish you could see the extension too? |
| Printing System Properties | | Ever need a print out of your system info? It could be handy to keep in case you ever have questions on your system settings - especially if the system is down for one reason or another. |
| Start Menu Folders | | Here's another tip for those of you with cluttered Start menus.Why not place additional folders in your Start Menu? |
| Clean up your start menu | | I have Waaaay too much clutter in my Start menu. Some of it includes extra files and stuff I don't need there. How can I clean the mess? |
| Add to your "Send To" menu | | If you want to add a place or eliminate an item on the "Send to" menu that you don't use it isn't that hard to do |
| Print a Photo Proof sheet | | A proof sheet is a printout of picture thumbnails. Most photo organizing software allows you to print these out, but for XP users, it's built into the Window's Picture and Fax Viewer |
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