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Using Windows Explorer Toolbars

Windows Explorer has three toolbars that you can display in any combination (Figure 5.7):

Standard Buttons displays buttons for common Explorer tasks. You can customize these buttons.

Address displays the name or pathname of the selected item. You can type a pathname in the Address text box and press Enter or click Go to go to that item.

Links displays links to Internet Explorer's Favorites > Links folder. You can drag file or web shortcuts onto this toolbar or right-click to delete links.

To show or hide a toolbar:

In Windows Explorer, choose View > Toolbars; then, from the submenu, choose a toolbar to toggle on or off.

or

Right-click any displayed toolbar; then choose a toolbar to toggle on or off.

Tips

To hide the menu bar and all toolbars (except Standard Buttons) and view Explorer full-screen, press F11. Press F11 again to restore toolbars.

To remove the redundant Go button from the Address bar, right-click the Go button; then uncheck Go Button. (But don't hurry to do this; the Go button sometimes works better than the Refresh button, even though both controls nominally do the same thing.)

You can rearrange or resize the toolbars and, after you have them looking the way you want, lock them in place.

To move or resize a toolbar:

Drag the vertical dimpled handle on the toolbar's left edge.

Tips

To put a toolbar on its own line, drag it up or down.

To swap the positions of two toolbars on the same line, drag one of them down; then drag it up to the other side of the second toolbar.

You can move the menu bar.

If a toolbar is too long to fit in the window, a >> button appears on the toolbar's right edge. Click the button to display the buttons that don't fit.

You can't float a toolbar midwindow or dock it against another edge.

If you can't move or resize the toolbars, unlock them.

To lock or unlock the toolbars:

Choose View > Toolbars > Lock the Toolbars.

or

Right-click any displayed toolbar; then choose Lock the Toolbars.

Tip

The dimpled handle on a toolbar's left edge turns solid when the toolbar is locked.

To customize the Standard Buttons toolbar:

1. Choose View > Toolbars > Customize (Figure 5.8).

or

Right-click the Standard Buttons toolbar; then choose Customize.

2. To add a button, select it in the left list; then click Add (or drag it to the right list).

3. To change a button's position, select it in the right list; then click Move Up or Move Down (or drag it to the desired position).

4. To remove a button, select it in the right list; then click Remove (or drag it to the left list).

5. To reposition or hide the buttons' descriptive text, use the Text Options list.

6. To change the size of the toolbar icons, use the Icon Options list.

7. To restore the default set of buttons on the toolbar, click Reset.

8. Click Close.