10 Things - Windows Explorer Has a New Preview Pane

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Batfish — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:34:45 GMT

I seem to be having problems with Windows Explorer not refreshing thumbnails of previous images which no longer exist. First I thought it was a glitch with the camera, but it worked fine on another computer, and I hoped it would be resolved with Windows Photo Gallery, but it wasn't. The thumbnail was still an old image, but when I opened it, up came the new image. Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but I've tried lots of things to no avail...

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sdanner — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:48:08 GMT

Question for you: I'm in Windows Picture Explorer. I have my documents set to open with Windows Photo Gallery. I have the Preview Panel enabled, however all I see is a preview of the Windows Photo Gallery icon, not the picture. This is happening on two Windows Vista Toshiba laptops. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

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Zoltan — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:26:44 GMT

I use Windows Explorer very offten with XP. I'm looking forward to use the new Wista WE. It looks wonderful!

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shollomon — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:43:47 GMT

[quote]there is no way to alter the breadcrumb toolbar to display the file/directory path instead.[quote]

Bummer. I've already started looking for a replacement for explorer as a file manager.

MS has always been about interface configurability and choices, but not so much any more. Little things like this (and this is a very little thing to be sure), the totally unconfigurable tool bar in office and the inability to configure the IE interface have me wondering what happened. Have you guys been channeling the guys in Cupertino? What's next, will Explorer not let us type in paths at all like finder.

The bottom line is that Vista and the current incarnation of Office are substantially less malleable tools than their predecessors, its their way or the highway, that's not good for users.

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Nick White — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:19:25 GMT

Hey shollomon: you've actually identified the answer yourself. In other words, there is no way to alter the breadcrumb toolbar to display the file/directory path instead.

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shollomon — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:33:19 GMT

Does anybody know if there is a way to turn off the breadcrumb feature in explorer? While others like it, I find it annoying and would just like to see the full path to the current location. I know that happens when I click on or hover over the breadcrumbs, but I'd like the breadcrumbs off.

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fropuff — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:26:27 GMT

Nice feature but... It's way too hard to turn on and off. Give me a toolbar button to turn it on/off (or a context menu option). Why isn't there a little X in the corner to close it? It would also be nice if folders could remember whether the preview pane is visible or not. Similar comments apply to the Navigation Pane and Details Pane.

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Nick White — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:28:16 GMT

Hey everyone: thanks for your comments and suggestions on UI enhancements -- I'm sharing them with the shell/UI team for their consideration.

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hakanuzuner — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:34:50 GMT

hi ;

i am try gif format ....Still not support animated GIF !!!!

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Neil Bayin — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:36:59 GMT

To The MAZZTer,

Thanks! I do notice there is a folder named WINDOWS under \user\myname folder, though i cannot see any file in it except a subfolder named system. I believe your #2 point is the answer to my question, thanks!

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StophVista — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:19:17 GMT

Bring back the file types tab under folder options too! The existing file association modifier doesn't allow for customization, only changing the program associated with a file.

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stephensaw — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:05:55 GMT

Still not support animated GIF huh.

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modicr — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:27:49 GMT

Hello!

AFAIK it is bot possible to put menu on top of the window in Windows Explorer (OTOH, this is possible in IE7: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16040352 ). Will it be possible in Vista SP1?

Thanks, Roman

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shollomon — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:39:43 GMT

I am delighted at the near universal response here that IE7 lacks sufficient customization options. My $.02 are as follows:

1) Bring back the ability to put icons on the explorer bar, make the file menu fully customizable etc.

2) Make the tab bar be just a tab bar and give us the option to have it visible only when multiple tabs are open.

3) Give us the ability to accept self signed certificates permanently and easily, like Firefox does.

IE is almost as good as Firefox after IEPro addins are installed so that it has things like an ad blocker. But its lack of configurability and no easy way to accept sefl signed certificates keep me using Firefox. If I really need IE (seldom) I use the Firefox plugin IE Tab to display a page using the IE engine in the Firefox framework. Works great.

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newscientist2000 — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:35:24 GMT

I agree with "someone" Internet Explorer 7 is not customizable enough, so me and my wife are staying with IE6 for now. Ironically Firefox is so customizable that you can make the latest version look almost identical to Internet Explorer 6 or 7.

IE is still my browser of choice, but it does need to be more cutomizable before I will upgrade.... or a killer app that requires IE7 will have to come out.