Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation

Seilen

Ok, so my old login profile got corrupted, and I made a new one and
copied over what I could from the old profile. I've had to fix a lot of
settings, but one I can't seem to fix is for Windows Explorer.

Before, whenever I opened an explorer window (say, My Computer for
example) the file browser would be selected by default and I could type
to navigate immediately (I could type L for Local Hard drive, or M for
My Documents). But now, I have to click on the file area of the window
to select it first before I can navigate by typing like that. Does
anyone know how to fix this?


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Seilen

JS

What happen when you type L or M now, any result at all or it just sits
there and does nothing?

JS

"Seilen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Ok, so my old login profile got corrupted, and I made a new one and
> copied over what I could from the old profile. I've had to fix a lot of
> settings, but one I can't seem to fix is for Windows Explorer.
>
> Before, whenever I opened an explorer window (say, My Computer for
> example) the file browser would be selected by default and I could type
> to navigate immediately (I could type L for Local Hard drive, or M for
> My Documents). But now, I have to click on the file area of the window
> to select it first before I can navigate by typing like that. Does
> anyone know how to fix this?
>
>
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> Seilen

Seilen

Yes it just sits and does nothing. I have to select the filepane before
I can type to navigate


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Seilen

JS

I just switched my ISP to Verizon FIOS and they have effectively hijacked
Windows Explorer:
In effect if I type D: it will go to the root of my D drive.
However if I type just the letter D without the colon ( it goes to a
Verizon/Yahoo web search site.
So I can't duplicate your problem.

Sorry, but I'll keep looking
JS



"Seilen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Yes it just sits and does nothing. I have to select the filepane before
> I can type to navigate
>
>
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> Seilen

Seilen

By that explanation I think you're misunderstanding. I'm not typing
anything in the address bar, I'm typing in the filepane to select a
folder or a file. Like if I'm in C:\Program Files\ and type "moz" it
selects the folder Mozilla Firefox, and then I press enter to open the
folder. And then I can immediately type "P" and it will select the
Plugins folder, and I can hit enter again to open that folder. So using
this method I could quickly navigate to any particular folder. For
example, I would do: Open My Computer > type C > Enter > type pro >
Enter > type mir > Enter > type down > Enter - and this would take me
to the folder C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\

My problem is that I used to be able to do this immediately, but now
everytime I open a folder, either by double-clicking or pressing Enter,
I have to click on the filepane before I can type. So taking the above
example, it now has to be done like this: Open My Computer > Click
filepane > type C > Enter > Click filepane > type pro > Enter > Click
filepane > type mir > Enter > Click filepane > type down > Enter - to
get to C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\.

This is really frustrating because it severely slowsdown my navigation
time and forces me to either use the TAB key like nuts or move off the
keyboard and use my mouse. I hope that clears up my problem a little
bit better.


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Seilen

JS

Tools/Folder Options/General tab
Select "Single click to open an item"

JS

"Seilen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> By that explanation I think you're misunderstanding. I'm not typing
> anything in the address bar, I'm typing in the filepane to select a
> folder or a file. Like if I'm in C:\Program Files\ and type "moz" it
> selects the folder Mozilla Firefox, and then I press enter to open the
> folder. And then I can immediately type "P" and it will select the
> Plugins folder, and I can hit enter again to open that folder. So using
> this method I could quickly navigate to any particular folder. For
> example, I would do: Open My Computer > type C > Enter > type pro >
> Enter > type mir > Enter > type down > Enter - and this would take me
> to the folder C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\
>
> My problem is that I used to be able to do this immediately, but now
> everytime I open a folder, either by double-clicking or pressing Enter,
> I have to click on the filepane before I can type. So taking the above
> example, it now has to be done like this: Open My Computer > Click
> filepane > type C > Enter > Click filepane > type pro > Enter > Click
> filepane > type mir > Enter > Click filepane > type down > Enter - to
> get to C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\.
>
> This is really frustrating because it severely slowsdown my navigation
> time and forces me to either use the TAB key like nuts or move off the
> keyboard and use my mouse. I hope that clears up my problem a little
> bit better.
>
>
> --
> Seilen

Seilen

That doesn't fix my problem. Doubleclick or singleclick is not the issue
here.


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Seilen

Elmo

Seilen wrote:
> By that explanation I think you're misunderstanding. I'm not typing
> anything in the address bar, I'm typing in the file pane to select a
> folder or a file. Like if I'm in C:\Program Files\ and type "moz" it
> selects the folder Mozilla Firefox, and then I press enter to open the
> folder. And then I can immediately type "P" and it will select the
> Plugins folder, and I can hit enter again to open that folder. So using
> this method I could quickly navigate to any particular folder. For
> example, I would do: Open My Computer > type C > Enter > type pro >
> Enter > type mir > Enter > type down > Enter - and this would take me
> to the folder C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\
>
> My problem is that I used to be able to do this immediately, but now
> every time I open a folder, either by double-clicking or pressing Enter,
> I have to click on the file pane before I can type. So taking the above
> example, it now has to be done like this: Open My Computer > Click
> file pane > type C > Enter > Click file pane > type pro > Enter > Click
> file pane > type mir > Enter > Click file pane > type down > Enter - to
> get to C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\.
>
> This is really frustrating because it severely slows down my navigation
> time and forces me to either use the TAB key like nuts or move off the
> keyboard and use my mouse. I hope that clears up my problem a little
> bit better.

Internet Options has an feature under Advanced tab, "Search from the
Address bar", where you can select "Display the results and go to the
most likely site", "Just go to the most likely site", and two other
selections. One of those might work; many IE features also work within
Explorer.

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Joe =o)

Nightowl

Hi Seilen

I'm not sure from your description whether you are using a single or
double-pane view of Explorer, but it sounds as if it's a focus problem.

Try starting Explorer from a shortcut with this in the Target field:

"C:\windows\explorer.exe" /n,/e,/select, C:

This should give you the usual double-pane window with the tree in the
left and drive C: highlighted in the right. On my computer, after
pressing Enter to open C:, the highlight shows (faded) on the left
"tree" side, but pressing any letter key will take me down the right
pane to the first folder beginning with that character.

Does this help at all?

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Nightowl


Seilen <> wrote on Sat, 21 Jun 2008:

>By that explanation I think you're misunderstanding. I'm not typing

>anything in the address bar, I'm typing in the filepane to select a

>folder or a file. Like if I'm in C:\Program Files\ and type "moz" it

>selects the folder Mozilla Firefox, and then I press enter to open the

>folder. And then I can immediately type "P" and it will select the

>Plugins folder, and I can hit enter again to open that folder. So using

>this method I could quickly navigate to any particular folder. For

>example, I would do: Open My Computer > type C > Enter > type pro >

>Enter > type mir > Enter > type down > Enter - and this would take me

>to the folder C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\

>

>My problem is that I used to be able to do this immediately, but now

>everytime I open a folder, either by double-clicking or pressing Enter,

>I have to click on the filepane before I can type. So taking the above

>example, it now has to be done like this: Open My Computer > Click

>filepane > type C > Enter > Click filepane > type pro > Enter > Click

>filepane > type mir > Enter > Click filepane > type down > Enter - to

>get to C:\Program Files\mIRC\downloads\.

>

>This is really frustrating because it severely slowsdown my navigation

>time and forces me to either use the TAB key like nuts or move off the

>keyboard and use my mouse. I hope that clears up my problem a little

>bit better.

>

Seilen

Ok, this works but only for the first window. It has the filepane
selected properly with that /select C: command, but after I enter C:,
it goes back to not having the filepane selected again.


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Seilen