Guest Roger Fink Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Most '98ers have probably made their peace with this, but for anybody who, like myself, continues to be dumbfounded that Microsoft elected to put the New Folder function in the Windows Explorer drop down menu rather than the context menu, "New Folder Here" is a nice freeware fix: http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/store/288/index.html I know download sites like this one are frowned upon, but the author of this fix, on his own site, has recently elected to bundle it with several others in a larger download. Two days after installation in W2K, and after one virus scan and spyware scan, no problems or unintended consequences to report. If you determine that it isn't the Holy Grail, you can uninstall it through add/remove, and it can also be disabled by unchecking the box that must be checked to enable it in the first place.
Guest thanatoid Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Useful add-on for Windows "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in news:uuntm1i2HHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > Most '98ers have probably made their peace with this, but > for anybody who, like myself, continues to be dumbfounded > that Microsoft elected to put the New Folder function in > the Windows Explorer drop down menu rather than the context > menu, "New Folder Here" is a nice freeware fix: > > http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/store/288/index.html Even better, forget the torture device known as Windows Explorer, and download a real file manager like Total Commander (formerly known as Windows Commander but guess what happened) where the above is achieved by pressing F7. Not to mention built-in FTP, very comprehensive rename utility, "lap-link" like utility, file compare, directory compare, crc's, decodes and encodes, and hundreds of other features WE can't even DREAM of (since it is retarded and has no imagination). It's about $35 IIRC and it was the best $35 I ever spent. (It will work forever in full demo mode as well.) > I know download sites like this one are frowned upon, WHY? If not for sites like those, we would be completely helpless against the idiotic Windows GUI and MS's "our way is better and you have no choice anyway" attitude. > but > the author of this fix, on his own site, has recently > elected to bundle it with several others in a larger > download. Two days after installation in W2K, and after one > virus scan and spyware scan, no problems or unintended > consequences to report. And WHY should there be? <SNIP> -- "This is not nuclear. This is just a test." - illyria
Guest Roger Fink Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Useful add-on for Windows [snip] Even better, forget the torture device known as Windows Explorer [snip] I usually use Powerdesk 98, which similarly benefits from this install.
Guest Tony Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Useful add-on for Windows On 09 Aug 2007 04:30:48 GMT, thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote: >Even better, forget the torture device known as Windows >Explorer, and download a real file manager like Total Commander Hi thanatoid Cheers for that, thought I had most of the non-MS software but that one had escaped me. Looks good :) Best regards Tony
Guest thanatoid Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Useful add-on for Windows Tony <Tony.Yarwood@XXXfreeuk.com> wrote in news:5tclb39jfe6v59l81b683u9ct6utonak5t@4ax.com: > On 09 Aug 2007 04:30:48 GMT, thanatoid > <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote: > >>Even better, forget the torture device known as Windows >>Explorer, and download a real file manager like Total >>Commander > > Hi thanatoid > > Cheers for that, thought I had most of the non-MS software > but that one had escaped me. Looks good :) > > Best regards > > Tony > Happy to help. I keep on discovering new useful features almost every week, and I've had it for about 3 years! It is the BEST. t. -- "This is not nuclear. This is just a test." - illyria
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