View Hidden Files

An overview of the Folder Options available to you, show hidden files, menus and more

Windows Vista Windows Explorer Basics for Beginners

Showing thumbnails can be taxing on some system, show icons to same resources

Always show the menu bar in Windows Explorer, like in past versions of Windows

When you open a new folder, it will open in it's own window

Select whether you want to single click or double click to open items

Stop the tooltip from displaying a file or folder size when the mouse hovers over it

Enable Windows classic folders, from older versions of windows

An overview of the general tab in the Folder Options window. Choose how to show tasks, how to browse folders and how...

Learn how to make it so each folder remembers it's view settings

An overview of the Search tab in the Folder Options window. Choose what is searched and how to search

Change drive letters of hard driver and other storage mediums installed in the computer

Disable the simple sharing wizard - you'll then be able to use advanced sharing options

View the full direction in the location bar

Open each folder in a separate process

Any open folders that were open at the time of a restart, shut down, or logoff, will reopen when you login next

Choose to show encrypted and compressed NTFS files in color

Show file extensions in Windows Explorer

Disable tooltip popups that appear when you hover over files and folders in Windows Explorer

Disable previews of file contents in the preview pane

Choose to show protected OS files and folders

Use checkboxes to select files and folders in Windows Explorer, for those who have trouble selection files with the...