Re: Beginner with Vista Question

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"Wendy7" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, I am wondering if there is a beginners group.
I have Vista on my computer & I am a beginner .
I would like to know how to get the C folder to open automatically in
the Navigation panel in WindowsExp
instead of opening in Documents?
Cheers Wendy

I think your easiest quickest option is to open "my computer" right
click on the C drive and choose "send to desktop, create shortcut" you
can do the same for all other drives as well as any cd or dvd drives
you have. I dont bother with explorer, its a waste of time.

Maybe in Vista Explorer is hard(e) to use, but in all previous versions
Windows, it is actually the best way to traverse your PC. As everything
is accesible in one window. Every drive, local and network, control panel
& recycle bin.

Putting shortcuts on the desktop requires access to the destop to use
them anyway. I'm not going to minimize all apps, then use a desktop
shortcut, then restore all apps that were just minimized. That, is a
waste of time. WHat do yuo do when you have a directory full of files
that need to be categorized into relevant folders ? Do you open 5
'window' views (1 source and 4 directories) and then d'n'd between them ?

Using individual 'Folder' views instead of a single explorer also gives
you no sense of the file hierarchy as stored on the disk either.
.

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