Guest Seilen Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 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? -- Seilen
Guest JS Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation What happen when you type L or M now, any result at all or it just sits there and does nothing? JS "Seilen" <etanaru_aoi@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Seilen.3bc0tp@no-mx.tabletquestions.com... > > 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? > > > -- > Seilen
Guest Seilen Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation Yes it just sits and does nothing. I have to select the filepane before I can type to navigate -- Seilen
Guest JS Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation 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 http://www.pagestart.com "Seilen" <etanaru_aoi@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Seilen.3bc361@no-mx.tabletquestions.com... > > Yes it just sits and does nothing. I have to select the filepane before > I can type to navigate > > > -- > Seilen
Guest Seilen Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation 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
Guest JS Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation Tools/Folder Options/General tab Select "Single click to open an item" JS "Seilen" <etanaru_aoi@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Seilen.3bc4zk@no-mx.tabletquestions.com... > > 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
Guest Seilen Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation That doesn't fix my problem. Doubleclick or singleclick is not the issue here. -- Seilen
Guest Elmo Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation 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. -- Joe =o)
Guest Nightowl Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation 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? -- Nightowl Seilen <etanaru_aoi@hotmail.com> 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. >
Guest Seilen Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation 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. -- Seilen
Guest Nightowl Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation Seilen <etanaru_aoi@hotmail.com> wrote on Mon, 23 Jun 2008: > >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. Hi again Seilen On my computer, using that command: I press Enter to open C:. The highlight then appears to be in the left-hand "tree" pane (although faded). But if I just ignore this and press a character key, say D, the highlight will move to the right pane and the first folder beginning with D (Data). I can press Enter to open it and continue pressing keys to jump to sub-folders. Just want to clarify what's happening on your machine. Are you saying this isn't what you're seeing? -- Nightowl
Guest Seilen Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation "On my computer, using that command: I press Enter to open C:. The highlight then appears to be in the left-hand "tree" pane (although faded). But if I just ignore this and press a character key, say D, the highlight will move to the right pane and the first folder beginning with D (Data). I can press Enter to open it// _*********I_can_get_up_to_this_point,_but_what_comes_after_this_doesn't_work********_//and continue pressing keys to jump to sub-folders." Does that clarify? -- Seilen
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