Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation

[Guest 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

[Guest JS]

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

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> 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

[Guest Seilen]

Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation

 

 

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

I can type to navigate

 

 

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Seilen

[Guest JS]

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

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>

> Yes it just sits and does nothing. I have to select the filepane before

> I can type to navigate

>

>

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> Seilen

[Guest Seilen]

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.

 

 

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Seilen

[Guest JS]

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

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> 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]

Re: Windows Explorer Keyboard Navigation

 

 

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

here.

 

 

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Seilen

[Guest Elmo]

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.

 

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Joe =o)

[Guest Nightowl]

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?

 

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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]

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.

 

 

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Seilen

[Guest Nightowl]

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?

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Nightowl

[Guest Seilen]

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?

 

 

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Seilen