YADVR
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The tree is always displayed, at least in my case. As far as different explorer behavior when tree is on/off, that's another WTF, explorer should NOT behave differently when tree is off. If a directory explorer is in is being deleted, ideal solution would be for explorer to go the the first undeleted folder in its path. And I still think it's wrong to close explorer. They should have made it consistent, but they should have made it consistent the other way, so that explorer without a tree does not close itself but goes up the tree path.
JazzJackRabbit wrote:
The tree is always displayed, at least in my case
And what behaviour would you expect if it wasn't?
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And suppose you have a network share open (from Start->Run \\Server\Share) (that isn't mapped to a drive), and the server shuts down, what then? Going to My Computer would make no sense, since it wasn't in the hierachy in the first place.
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If it was a mapped drive it would be in a hierarchy. If you connected directly to \\ServerName\SharedFolderName it would would still be in hierarchy under Network node. Check it.
JazzJackRabbit wrote:
Network node.
What's the proper name of that? I don't have anything called just 'Network'
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JazzJackRabbit wrote:
The tree is always displayed, at least in my case
And what behaviour would you expect if it wasn't?
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JazzJackRabbit wrote:
Network node.
What's the proper name of that? I don't have anything called just 'Network'
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Just network. I have it in my Vista explorer. It should be just below "Computer" node if you collapse it. Random pic from the web showing it[^]
Ah. I'm working using XP. In XP, shares like I was discussing don't appear in the shell namespace.
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Ah. I'm working using XP. In XP, shares like I was discussing don't appear in the shell namespace.
Possibly, I do not remember. Another point though, Vista handles remote shares going down and USB flash drives removals just fine. In the cases when remote server goes down or you unplug USB flash drive without warning Vista does switch to "My Computer". However, in case of DVD ejection it closes explorer. *shrug*
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The tree is always displayed, at least in my case. As far as different explorer behavior when tree is on/off, that's another WTF, explorer should NOT behave differently when tree is off. If a directory explorer is in is being deleted, ideal solution would be for explorer to go the the first undeleted folder in its path. And I still think it's wrong to close explorer. They should have made it consistent, but they should have made it consistent the other way, so that explorer without a tree does not close itself but goes up the tree path.
JazzJackRabbit wrote:
They should have made it consistent, but they should have made it consistent the other way, so that explorer without a tree does not close itself but goes up the tree path.
I have to disagree with you here... If I have a treeless window open on a folder and that folder disappears, I fully expect the window to disappear also. If it just changed to some other folder without telling me, the possibility of cutting/pasting/deleting files from the wrong folder will be greatly increased. Without the reference of the tree, it would be far too easy to make a mistake, thinking you were in one folder when in fact you are somewhere else entirely. For windows *with* a tree, then yes, pick another node in the tree if the underlying folder disappears.
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JazzJackRabbit wrote:
They should have made it consistent, but they should have made it consistent the other way, so that explorer without a tree does not close itself but goes up the tree path.
I have to disagree with you here... If I have a treeless window open on a folder and that folder disappears, I fully expect the window to disappear also. If it just changed to some other folder without telling me, the possibility of cutting/pasting/deleting files from the wrong folder will be greatly increased. Without the reference of the tree, it would be far too easy to make a mistake, thinking you were in one folder when in fact you are somewhere else entirely. For windows *with* a tree, then yes, pick another node in the tree if the underlying folder disappears.
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You didn't think I'd go back on my promise did you? Today's topic is yet again, explorer. It concerns how it handles DVD ejection if you were browsing files on DVD and forgot to change to C:\ after you were done. How does it handle? Not well, not well. The situation is 100% reproducible on my machine. To reproduce insert DVD in your drive, go into some folder just to be sure. Press eject button on the DVD drive itself. Watch explorer think for a couple of seconds, then change the status to "Not Responding" and then in another couple of seconds close itself. Here's a quick google search for the problem: google search link to prove I'm not insane I don't know why I'm even bothering to comment on this bug. Yes, it yet another obvious bug that Microsoft has not bothered to fix. In Windows XP if you ejected drive explorer would say "no disc" and switch to "my computer" which is perfectly fine. Not properly handling such common action as ejecting DVD is just... is just.... awwww frack it, I'm at a complete loss of words, I give up... Look tomorrow for next installment of YADVR.
Another good one is to accidentally click on lock computer. Then before thinking click the only button available on the lock screen which is Switch User. If you run a dual-monitor setup with a high resolution the Switch User goes into some 640x480 (res?) crap and starts throwing your desktop into a coniption. It takes a couple of more switches to get things back to where they where but not without your icons being shifted all over the place.
Todd Smith
