Re: What are two modes of Windows Explorer?

Common Tasks, Folders pane and tree view

Common Tasks pane...
[[You can display hyperlinks to common tasks in the left pane of your folder
windows. The links provide quick access to file and folder management
activities and other places on your computer, such as My Computer, Shared
Documents, and My Network Places. Windows displays these links by default,
so they may already be displayed in your folders. If they are not, you can
use Folder Options to enable this feature.]]

Folders pane..
Shows the tree view, with the folders and the [+] sign in the left hand
pane.

tree view
[[A hierarchical representation of the folders, files, disk drives, and
other resources connected to a computer or network. For example, Windows
Explorer uses a tree view to display the resources that are attached to a
computer or a network.]]

A pane is a framed *** of glass in a window or door.

Windowpane is a pane in a window.


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Hope this helps.  Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Gerry Cornell <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> 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
> news:95c6b9a7ac6d4397b7f6ee3da591ff1e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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