Use check boxes to select items. If you enable this option, you??™ll be able to
select multiple files without having to drag a rubber band or use the keyboard.
See ???Slicker Ways to Select Files,??? later in this chapter, for tips
involving this feature.
Use Sharing Wizard. Disable this option to use the Advanced Sharing window
instead of the feeble Sharing Wizard each time you right-click a
folder or drive and select Share. Despite the fact that Microsoft apparently
recommends that you use this feature, only the Advanced Sharing
window lets you specify sharing permissions to properly protect your
data. See Chapter 8 for details.
When typing into list view. See ???Who Doesn??™t Love Keyboard Shortcuts?,???
later in this chapter, for tips involving this setting.
What it comes down to, of course, is that you should use what works best
for you. Don??™t blindly accept the defaults just because they came out of the
box that way.
The Search tab in this window is dissected in excruciating detail in ???Search
Tricks,??? later in this chapter.
Force Explorer to Remember Its Own Settings
One of the most common annoyances with Windows Explorer is, well,
annoying, because it should??™ve been so simple for Microsoft to get it right.
How many times have you selected the Details view in Explorer, only to find
that it has reverted to the Large Icons view the next time you open the folder?
For the most part, Windows Explorer??™s apparent inability to remember its
own settings is the result of a battle among three opposing forces: your
saved settings, Vista??™s propensity to show thumbnail previews for media
files, and some poor coding on Microsoft??™s part.
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