Re: What are two modes of Windows Explorer?

Eric

They are different View options -see View,
Explorer Bar.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Eric" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a question about the terminology of Windows
> Explorer. I would like to know the names of the two modes
> of Windows Explorer.
>
> Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer
>
> will launch explorer.exe and will open "My Documents"
> folder. In the resultant window, the left pane displays a
> hierarchical tree of items, while the right pane displays
> the surficial contents of the "My Documents" folder. So,
> this mode of Windows Explorer has a tree on the left pane.
>
> If you click the "Folders" button on the toolbar of this
> window, then the tree on the left pane disappears, while
> the right pane stays untouched. This mode of Windows
> Explorer has no tree. If the "Use Windows classic folders"
> option is selected in the Folder Options, then this mode
> does not have the left pane at all. If the "Show common
> tasks in folders" option is selected in the Folder Options,
> then the left pane of this mode displays common tasks
> instead of the tree.
>
> So, Windows Explorer has two modes. The first mode has the
> left pane with a tree. The latter mode does not have a
> tree. Both modes have the right pane, which displays the
> surficial contents of the selected folder.
>
> What do you call these two modes? I might call the first
> the "tree mode", while the latter the "plain mode". Are
> there any official definitions for these two modes?


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