In Explorer, open the Organize
drop-down and select Folder and Search Options (or open Folder
Options in Control Panel).
As explained in ???Quick Access to Control Panel,??? Microsoft didn??™t finish
revamping Control Panel before shipping Windows Vista. As a result, we
have windows like Folder Options filled with holdover features that aren??™t
really applicable anymore, such as these found under the General tab:
Tasks
This misnamed option has nothing to do with the Tasks links shown in
some Control Panel pages. Rather, choose Use Windows classic folders
to turn on the menu bar that??™s hidden by default, and hide the Preview
and Details panes. Of course, you can temporarily show the menu bar
at any time by pressing the Alt key, and customize all of Explorer??™s
panes by selecting Layout from the Organize drop-down.
Browse folders
It doesn??™t make any difference which option you select here, unless you
hide the folder tree in Windows Explorer by opening the Organize
drop-down and selecting Layout ??? Navigation Pane.
Use the Ctrl key when double-clicking folder icons to override
your choice here. Or, right-click any folder icon and
select Open (not the bolded Explore) to open the folder in a
new window.
Click items as follows
Set this to Single-click to open an item if you like the idea of navigating
most of Windows as though it were a web site??”in other words, without
ever having to double-click to open an item.
If you choose the single-click interface, you??™ll no longer be
able to click an item twice slowly to rename it; instead, you
must either right-click and select Rename or carefully move
the mouse pointer so that it is hovering over the icon and
press the F2 key.
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