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  • C Christopher Duncan

    The flaky nature of the explorer was one of the many reasons I finally yanked Vista off a dev box this week and moved it back to XP. No matter which options I selected, I could never get it to remember to stay in details view (my preference for the most part), and the varying columns you mention were also irritating. This may sound like trivial stuff to some people, but it's like your coding editor. When you're talking about what you live in and work with all day long, these usability irritations eventually add up. I don't miss Vista even a little bit. I am keeping it on my laptop (which dual boots to XP) so that I have a reference machine, but that's about it. Microsoft is so massively overstaffed and bureaucratic these days I think they've completely lost touch with the market. And unfortunately, I just don't think that will ever get better, only worse - it's the path most all large corporations take. And really, that's a shame. I was never in the "I hate Microsoft" camp, and in fact I've made a decent living all these years as an MS dev. So it's a pity to seem them collapsing under their own weight. I'd like to think Windows 7 will be better. But then, I believe in the Easter Bunny, too.

    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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    El Corazon
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    Christopher Duncan wrote:

    But then, I believe in the Easter Bunny, too

    Why? is that a problem? could be worse, we could ask him to be fired and replaced with an easter Kiwi! :-D

    _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

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      Christopher Duncan wrote:

      But then, I believe in the Easter Bunny, too

      Why? is that a problem? could be worse, we could ask him to be fired and replaced with an easter Kiwi! :-D

      _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

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      El Corazon wrote:

      Why? is that a problem?

      Clearly, you don't know my history with Bunnies... :)

      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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        Marc Clifton wrote:

        And why it thinks that a folder of remote desktop and VPN connection shortcuts has anything to do with pictures, changing the header to "Date taken, tags, size, rating" still baffles me.

        The Vista Explorer has a real problem with that. It is very frequently showing the wrong set of columns for my files. Every time, I have to go into "Customize This Folder" to set it back to normal. Hopefully, this is fixed in SP1.

        “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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        Chris Losinger
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        i like how it arbitrarily decides to treat a folder full of .CPPs as if they were MP3s. hey! who rated MainFrm.CPP 4 stars ?

        image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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        • L leppie

          Stop using that rubbish and stick with Total Commander!

          xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
          IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out now

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          Russell Jones
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          I had to download a 3rd party explorer so that I could get a file explorer that runs as root administrator. I was trying o rename a bunch of files that happened to be in the programs directory so I either had to answer UAC's questions for every file or find a better way.

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          • M Marc Clifton

            Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

            Does anybody know if this annoying Explorer behaviour has been fixed in SP1?

            Nope. Marc

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            Vikram A Punathambekar
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            Sorry... are you saying you don't know if it's been fixed or that it's not been fixed?

            Cheers, Vikram.


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            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

              Sorry... are you saying you don't know if it's been fixed or that it's not been fixed?

              Cheers, Vikram.


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              Jonathan Darka
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              It's not been fixed although there is a workaround on the web. See here or google for "vista forgetting folder type".


              Jonathan Wilkes Darka[Xanya.net]

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              • C Christopher Duncan

                El Corazon wrote:

                Why? is that a problem?

                Clearly, you don't know my history with Bunnies... :)

                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                Christopher Duncan wrote:

                Clearly, you don't know my history with Bunnies...

                I followed a white rabbit once... It got interesting once I found the eat me note....

                _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

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                • J Jonathan Darka

                  It's not been fixed although there is a workaround on the web. See here or google for "vista forgetting folder type".


                  Jonathan Wilkes Darka[Xanya.net]

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                  Vikram A Punathambekar
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                  Thanks, Jon, I'll try that. It's also very annoying when the files in an Open File dialog are shown as BIG icons.

                  Cheers, Vikram.


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                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                    Marc Clifton wrote:

                    And why it thinks that a folder of remote desktop and VPN connection shortcuts has anything to do with pictures, changing the header to "Date taken, tags, size, rating" still baffles me.

                    The Vista Explorer has a real problem with that. It is very frequently showing the wrong set of columns for my files. Every time, I have to go into "Customize This Folder" to set it back to normal. Hopefully, this is fixed in SP1.

                    “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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                    Not fixed with SP1. There is a registry hack for it though. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsVista/Fix_Windows_Vista_Folder_Templates.html[^]

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                    • M Marc Clifton

                      ...Microsoft still hasn't added what I think would be a really useful feature: Resize the folder/explorer window so that the window fits the contents of the folder. I suppose I'm unique that I look at folders in "detail" mode rather than pretty and useless icons, but when I have a folder that's got only 5 or 6 items in it (say shortcuts to remote desktops), wouldn't it be nice if the explorer window would actually size itself to just fit the files/shortcuts? And why it thinks that a folder of remote desktop and VPN connection shortcuts has anything to do with pictures, changing the header to "Date taken, tags, size, rating" still baffles me. Marc

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                      SimulationofSai
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                      I suppose I'm unique that I look at folders in "detail" mode rather than pretty and useless icons

                      Add me to that unique list... ;) . I hate icon views. As for your problem, If you have a folder with .RDP files and use it often, just right click on the taskbar, add a new toolbar and point to that folder. Bingo, you have a popup list of your RDC's right on your taskar. It's a saviour for me, I have about 10 .RDP files in it.:-O

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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        ...Microsoft still hasn't added what I think would be a really useful feature: Resize the folder/explorer window so that the window fits the contents of the folder. I suppose I'm unique that I look at folders in "detail" mode rather than pretty and useless icons, but when I have a folder that's got only 5 or 6 items in it (say shortcuts to remote desktops), wouldn't it be nice if the explorer window would actually size itself to just fit the files/shortcuts? And why it thinks that a folder of remote desktop and VPN connection shortcuts has anything to do with pictures, changing the header to "Date taken, tags, size, rating" still baffles me. Marc

                        Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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                        I hate Windows Explorer in Vista. It's the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen.

                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                        • R Russell Jones

                          I had to download a 3rd party explorer so that I could get a file explorer that runs as root administrator. I was trying o rename a bunch of files that happened to be in the programs directory so I either had to answer UAC's questions for every file or find a better way.

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                          Russell Jones wrote:

                          I had to download a 3rd party explorer

                          Got a name?

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                            I hate Windows Explorer in Vista. It's the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen.

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                            -----
                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            Hans Dietrich
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                            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                            It's the biggest piece of sh*t I've ever seen.

                            I am withholding my opinion on this, until I see firsthand Lotus Notes running on Vista. :)

                            Best wishes, Hans


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                            • L leppie

                              Stop using that rubbish and stick with Total Commander!

                              xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                              IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out now

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              leppie wrote:

                              Stop using that rubbish and stick with Total Commander!

                              I know, I know. But I put folders on my desktop with shortcuts to things, whereas using TC requires running an app. Marc

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                                leppie wrote:

                                Stop using that rubbish and stick with Total Commander!

                                I know, I know. But I put folders on my desktop with shortcuts to things, whereas using TC requires running an app. Marc

                                Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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                                leppie
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                                I have TC running 24/7. IT has the wonder full feature where you double click the bar where it displays your path, and it shows you a list of shortcuts (that you can of course add, I even have a VS2005 Prompt one, you can even save both source and target dirs in the 'view').

                                xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
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                                • H Hans Dietrich

                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                  It's the biggest piece of sh*t I've ever seen.

                                  I am withholding my opinion on this, until I see firsthand Lotus Notes running on Vista. :)

                                  Best wishes, Hans


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                                  Gary Wheeler
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                                  A pig in a pretty pink dress is still a pig.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  • G Gary Wheeler

                                    A pig in a pretty pink dress is still a pig.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Gary Wheeler wrote:

                                    A pig in a pretty pink dress is still a pig.

                                    And a complete waste of a pretty pink dress. Just ask Marc...

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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