Windows XP [Electronic resources] : Visual Quickstart Guide, Second Edition

Chris Fehily

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Setting Folder Options

Windows offers a trainload of options that control how folders appear and behave. Some options are trivial, but others have default values that can make Windows harder to use.

To set folder options:

1. In Windows Explorer, choose Tools > Folder Options > View tab (Figure 5.23 ).

Figure 5.23. In the Advanced Settings list, you may have to double-click the miniature folder icons to show option groups.

Choose Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Folder Options > View tab.

2. In the Advanced Settings list, select the desired options (Table 5.2 ).

Changes affect all Explorer windows.

3. To restore the options to their factory settings, click Restore Defaults.

4. Click OK (or Apply).

Exploring Your Computer" earlier in this chapter.) If you display the full path on the title bar, Windows also displays the (usually truncated) full path on taskbar buttons too. Hover the pointer over the button to pop up the full path.

Do Not Cache Thumbnails

By default Windows stores the images that appear in Thumbnails view in memory so that it can display them quickly when you revisit the folder. Check this box to free some memory, in exchange for a small delay when opening folders in Thumbnails view.

Associating Documents with Programs" in Chapter 6.

Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process

By default only one copy of explorer.exe is ever in memory, handling all Explorer windows, the Start menu, the desktop, and much more. Turn this option on to open a new program instance for each Explorer window, so if one crashes, the rest don't. For technical reasons, if the "wrong" one crashes, you may be left without a Start menu and desktop. Favor leaving this option turned off.

Managing Pairs of Web Pages and Folders

When you save a complete web page in Internet Explorer, the page's text is stored in on227 file, and its images and scripts are stored in a folder named to match (Compressing Files and Folders" and "Encrypting Files and Folders" later in this chapter.

Show Pop-Up Description for Folder and Desktop Items

Turn on this option to see pop-up information about almost any icon you point to. Turn it off if the little yellow pop-up boxes bug you.

Use Simple File Sharing

I turn off this option for security purposes. Never mind that Microsoft recommends it be on. See "Sharing Files" in Chapter 17.

Figure 5.24. A folder tip with size and content information.

Figure 5.25. Turn off Simple Folder View to restore the vertical dotted lines that indicate how deeply a folder is nested.

Figure 5.26. If you click Show the Contents of This Folder in this screen, this warning never reappears, no matter how the option is set.

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Figure 5.27. When I save Microsoft's complete home page in Internet Explorer (that is, visit `www.microsoft.com`, and choose File > Save As), IE creates a236 file named `Microsoft Corporation` and a folder named `Microsoft Corporation_files` that contains the accompanying image (GIF and JPEG) and script files.