Tuesday, January 20, 2009

HOWTO Open Windows Explorer with Single Pane


HOWTO Open Windows Explorer with Single Pane

In Microsoft Windows Vista by default you have double pane window as shown in the image. But if you would like to switch back to classic Single Pane view for the Windows Explorer perform the following steps:

  1. Go to Start Menu -> Run
  2. Type regedit and press enter key
  3. This will open Registry Editor
  4. Now navigate to
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddexec
  5. Double click on the (Default) and change the string to
    [ ViewFolder (“%1” , %I, %S) ] (including the brackets )
Note:
To revert to the double pane window, set (Default) to
[ ExploreFolder(“%1” , %I, %S) ]

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