On 9/14/2024 2:28 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
Paul (, Mickey),
"Setting the navigation pane to show or hide in File Explorer
is a global setting that is applied to all folders,
and not just in the current folder."
That seems to be true at least as far back as on XP.
The funny thing is that when I, on XP, drag-and-drop a folder onto my
desktop and click the resulting shortcut I get a file-explorer window
without a navigation pane - and I have to append some arguments to the "Target" (containing something like "C:\windows") to make the navigation
pane appear again.
IOW, mickey, if you have no problem with using a shortcut to a specifc
folder (instead of navigating to it inside the file explorer) you could use the above "create a shortcut" method/trick to have a folder without a navgation pane.
Drawback(?) : if-and-when you navigate away from that navigation-pane -less folder all other folders will be shown without a nagigation-pane too.
... at least, that is how it works on XP.
That doesn't seem to be true on Win10. Strictly speaking, the so-called navigation pane is an Explorer bar shell extension. One can choose to
show that or any other Explorer Bar, native or custom. I expect
that Explorer Bars are still possible on Win10, but there's no indication in the folder "ribbon" menu.
There's only a TBird-like option to choose which panels to show. On the
left one can show an Explorer Bar folder tree. On the right one can show
a ridiculous details pane that takes up 1/3 to 1/2 the window just to show
file details. That can also be switched to a preview pane. I've never got
any selected file to show a preview except TXT, though I haven't made
much effort.
In short, the Win10 Explorer folder window is not as functional nor
as user-friendly as XP's. That's pretty much true in general. MS are
backing off customization, with the notable exception of the ability to
change icons.
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