| Subject: No "Up" button in Explorer: I still miss it! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:52:24 AM |
| From: "ceed" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi, Dozens of people have explained to me why I do not need an "Up" button in Windows Explorer (meaning directory up). So do not try to explain to me how I can live without it. I may not need it just like I do not need a lot of the things I use on my computer. I want it though because I choose to be stubborn and stupid and afraid of learning new things (just trying to avoid some troll-remarks always following this topic). I know there are elegant ways to traverse directories in Vista's Explorer, but the "Up" button is so intuitive and "in my blood" that I miss it. What I do not understand is why it was removed. Not enough room? Or was someone in MS trying to make a statement like: "Thou shalt not use an up button". Beats me. Oh well, I'm using FreeCommander for all my file management these days. It has a up button and a up icon on top of each directory listing pane. Btw, FreeCommander is so good it's a miracle it's free. If you start digging into that program you will find you can create a beast of a file manager doing everything related to files twice as fast as Explorer including FTP, network, archiving and syncing. Amazing. Still, I want my "Up" button in Explorer back :P -- //ceed |
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| Subject: Re: No "Up" button in Explorer: I still miss it! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 11:52:25 AM |
| From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
Here is a third-party alternative (not a freeware) Mavis Applications - Mavis Up Button:=20 http://www.mavisapps.com/up-button/ You can use the breadcrumb navigation to go to the parent folder, or use = the ALT+UP button. Where is the "Up" button in Windows Vista? http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/where-is-the-up-button-in-windows-vista= / --=20 Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows=AE Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote in message = news:xn0fq8ww49apkw002ceedsaid@news.individual.net... Hi, Dozens of people have explained to me why I do not need an "Up" button in Windows Explorer (meaning directory up). So do not try to explain to me how I can live without it. I may not need it just like I do not need a lot of the things I use on my computer. I want it though because I choose to be stubborn and stupid and afraid of learning new things (just trying to avoid some troll-remarks always following this topic). I know there are elegant ways to traverse directories in Vista's Explorer, but the "Up" button is so intuitive and "in my blood" that I miss it. What I do not understand is why it was removed. Not enough room? Or was someone in MS trying to make a statement like: "Thou shalt not use an up button". Beats me. Oh well, I'm using FreeCommander for all my file management these days. It has a up button and a up icon on top of each directory listing pane. Btw, FreeCommander is so good it's a miracle it's free. If you start digging into that program you will find you can create a beast of a file manager doing everything related to files twice as fast as Explorer including FTP, network, archiving and syncing. Amazing. Still, I want my "Up" button in Explorer back :P --=20 //ceed |
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| Subject: Re: No "Up" button in Explorer: I still miss it! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/17/2008 3:17:58 AM |
| From: "ceed" [Email Address Protection] |
Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: |Here is a third-party alternative (not a freeware) | |Mavis Applications - Mavis Up Button: |http://www.mavisapps.com/up-button/ | |You can use the breadcrumb navigation to go to the parent folder, or |use the ALT+UP button. | |Where is the "Up" button in Windows Vista? |http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/where-is-the-up-button-in-windows-vista/ Thanks! I'll pay 5 bucks to get the Up button back for sure. It's a steal! I'm glad that MS in this cases removes something and adds a business opportunity for someone instead of doing what they normally do: add something to the OS which takes away business for someone :) Can't help it though: Why, oh why remove it in the first place? I know about a million buttons and crap in Vista I would want removed before the Up button. Come to think of it, I have removed a million things from Vista. May be the reason I like it so much? :) -- //ceed |
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