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Sorry for offtopic, but I'd like to share a tip I can't imagine living without. You can type cmd in explorer address bar and it'll open cmd in that directory (probably works with any other program in your %PATH%). Also you can type `explorer .` in cmd to open explorer in the current directory.
I imagine going through an actual book and doing all the exercises, or something similar like a course for Windows or whatever might cover it?
Related and kind of interesting, the original File Manager was open sourced and recompiled for modern Windows. https://github.com/microsoft/winfile
I wish Windows Save/Open dialogues would have links to already open Explorer windows (much like the links to Documents.) Rationale: Project are often contained in a single root folder. I often start by opening this folder in Explorer. Some programs can be started by double clicking files. Others cannot. Saving new files always requires interacting with the save dialog and thus browsing to the project folder again.
Dragging a folder from Finder into the safe file dialogue opens that folder in the dialogue.
You can also drag a search result from Spotlight in to the save file dialogue.
Also works with the open file dialogue.
Actually respecting the user's settings is something modern Microsoft doesn't view as important anymore.
Starting in Windows 8 : > The Ribbon is unspeakably messy, and unspeakably large, and as I said I am not going to attack it in detail because this is a long-running Microsoft hobby horse. Suffice to say I feel it is a usability disaster and does not belong in any program let alone Explorer, however, it has the one saving grace that it is both collapsible, and defaults to that state, so most users almost certainly nev…
The Ribbon is far more useful for new users. It's true that if you memorized the Excel 97 menu layout you may not find things exactly where they were, but most users would never have been able to find things they wanted in the menu anyway.
My experience is that people who complain about the ribbon largely use keyboard shortcuts (which still exist) anyway, if they've even used Windows in the last decade.
My pet peeve with every GUI file browser I can remember using: They all try to be smart and occasionally ignore your carefully configured view settings. I want a massive checkbox that says "Never, EVER , try to automatically determine the best viewing mode. Really. Never!"
Everything else should be regulated out of existence.
Sorry for offtopic, but I'd like to share a tip I can't imagine living without. You can type cmd in explorer address bar and it'll open cmd in that directory (probably works with any other program in your %PATH%). Also you can type `explorer .` in cmd to open explorer in the current directory.
Puts the full file path in your clipboard.
Starting in Windows 8 : > The Ribbon is unspeakably messy, and unspeakably large, and as I said I am not going to attack it in detail because this is a long-running Microsoft hobby horse. Suffice to say I feel it is a usability disaster and does not belong in any program let alone Explorer, however, it has the one saving grace that it is both collapsible, and defaults to that state, so most users almost certainly nev…
I think I ignored it after having no use for it in the beginning (and as my usual operations in the explorer are mostly navigation based).
I wish Windows Save/Open dialogues would have links to already open Explorer windows (much like the links to Documents.) Rationale: Project are often contained in a single root folder. I often start by opening this folder in Explorer. Some programs can be started by double clicking files. Others cannot. Saving new files always requires interacting with the save dialog and thus browsing to the project folder again.
This is something MacOS has over Windows. Dragging a folder from Finder into the safe file dialogue opens that folder in the dialogue. You can also drag a search result from Spotlight in to the save file dialogue. Also works with the open file dialogue.