Can I get XP Win Explorer functionality in Win 7 system?

[Guest]

I really do not like the Win 7 Windows Explorer functionality. To some
degree this is because of many years of experience with DOS and UNIX command
language and using the "full path name." I began as a machine language
(absolute octal) programmer in 1960. I do not get any advantage from the
"library" notion in Win 7. I am the sort who likes to organize hard drive
directory structure in a way that works best for me.

Because my new Win 7 machine is about five times faster than my old XP
machine, it is the one I want to use for photo and video processing. Just
today, after Photoshop processing a batch of JPGs, from a larger number of
JPGs transferred from an camera SD card, I wanted to go back and look at the
pixel dimensions, for a partricular reason. XP Windows Explorer tells us
not only Date Modified, but Date Taken and the Pixel Dimensions. What is
called Windows Explorer in Win 7 lacks the latter two kinds of information.
I tried the free third-party Cubic Explorer, and it also lacks the full
functionality of XP Windows Explorer.

For me, it is not simply getting used to something new and different from
XP. What was substituted n Win 7 does not do what I want it to, no matter
how I navigate it.

What is available for Win 7 that will fully replicate the good old XP
Windows Explorer?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I really do not like the Win 7 Windows Explorer functionality. To some
degree this is because of many years of experience with DOS and UNIX
command language and using the "full path name." I began as a machine
language (absolute octal) programmer in 1960. I do not get any advantage
from the "library" notion in Win 7. I am the sort who likes to organize
hard drive directory structure in a way that works best for me.

Because my new Win 7 machine is about five times faster than my old XP
machine, it is the one I want to use for photo and video processing. Just
today, after Photoshop processing a batch of JPGs, from a larger number of
JPGs transferred from an camera SD card, I wanted to go back and look at
the pixel dimensions, for a partricular reason. XP Windows Explorer tells
us not only Date Modified, but Date Taken and the Pixel Dimensions. What
is called Windows Explorer in Win 7 lacks the latter two kinds of
information. I tried the free third-party Cubic Explorer, and it also
lacks the full functionality of XP Windows Explorer.

For me, it is not simply getting used to something new and different from
XP. What was substituted n Win 7 does not do what I want it to, no matter
how I navigate it.

What is available for Win 7 that will fully replicate the good old XP
Windows Explorer?

Wouldn't this be a question for the Windows 7 experts? Most of them come
from the world of WinXP!

 

[SC Tom]

I really do not like the Win 7 Windows Explorer functionality. To some
degree this is because of many years of experience with DOS and UNIX
command language and using the "full path name." I began as a machine
language (absolute octal) programmer in 1960. I do not get any advantage
from the "library" notion in Win 7. I am the sort who likes to organize
hard drive directory structure in a way that works best for me.

Because my new Win 7 machine is about five times faster than my old XP
machine, it is the one I want to use for photo and video processing. Just
today, after Photoshop processing a batch of JPGs, from a larger number of
JPGs transferred from an camera SD card, I wanted to go back and look at
the pixel dimensions, for a partricular reason. XP Windows Explorer tells
us not only Date Modified, but Date Taken and the Pixel Dimensions. What
is called Windows Explorer in Win 7 lacks the latter two kinds of
information. I tried the free third-party Cubic Explorer, and it also
lacks the full functionality of XP Windows Explorer.

For me, it is not simply getting used to something new and different from
XP. What was substituted n Win 7 does not do what I want it to, no matter
how I navigate it.

What is available for Win 7 that will fully replicate the good old XP
Windows Explorer?

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, and have both those options and many
more that XP doesn't have. If you right-click on a column heading and pick
More..., there has to be at least 100 different details listed, including
Date Taken and Dimensions.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I really do not like the Win 7 Windows Explorer functionality. To some
degree this is because of many years of experience with DOS and UNIX
command language and using the "full path name." I began as a machine
language (absolute octal) programmer in 1960. I do not get any advantage
from the "library" notion in Win 7. I am the sort who likes to organize
hard drive directory structure in a way that works best for me.

Because my new Win 7 machine is about five times faster than my old XP
machine, it is the one I want to use for photo and video processing. Just
today, after Photoshop processing a batch of JPGs, from a larger number of
JPGs transferred from an camera SD card, I wanted to go back and look at
the pixel dimensions, for a partricular reason. XP Windows Explorer tells
us not only Date Modified, but Date Taken and the Pixel Dimensions. What
is called Windows Explorer in Win 7 lacks the latter two kinds of
information. I tried the free third-party Cubic Explorer, and it also
lacks the full functionality of XP Windows Explorer.

For me, it is not simply getting used to something new and different from
XP. What was substituted n Win 7 does not do what I want it to, no matter
how I navigate it.

What is available for Win 7 that will fully replicate the good old XP
Windows Explorer?

Wouldn't this be a question for the Windows 7 experts in a Windows 7 forum?
Most of them come from the world of WinXP, hence they are familiar with both
worlds.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Post here instead:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/threads

 

[Guest]

Of course I never knew of this functionality. And I wonder how I would have
learned of it had I not posted the question. If you tell how you first
heard of it, then I should go to that resource, if indeed there is such a
thing. Most of what I know about certain application, such as Roxio, comes
only from trial and error, or posting on a forum, because the manual is way
out of date and far too often wrong.

So please tell me, how might I, or how should I, have learned about this
functionality, without posting a specific question on some forum?

 

[SC Tom]

Don't know. It's just one of the options I've explored in Windows since
v3.1. I don't like all the columns displayed (never have), and looked for
the way to get rid of them early on. I probably read it somewhere, or
someone at work told me years ago, who knows? There are a lot of different
options in different programs, etc., that can make life easier, or at least
a little more pleasing, just by looking around. This is a good place to
start
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SC Tom

Of course I never knew of this functionality. And I wonder how I would
have learned of it had I not posted the question. If you tell how you
first heard of it, then I should go to that resource, if indeed there is
such a thing. Most of what I know about certain application, such as
Roxio, comes only from trial and error, or posting on a forum, because the
manual is way out of date and far too often wrong.

So please tell me, how might I, or how should I, have learned about this
functionality, without posting a specific question on some forum?

 

[Bernd]

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Of course I never knew of this functionality. And I wonder how I would have
learned of it had I not posted the question. If you tell how you first
heard of it, then I should go to that resource, if indeed there is such a
thing. Most of what I know about certain application, such as Roxio, comes
only from trial and error, or posting on a forum, because the manual is way
out of date and far too often wrong.

So please tell me, how might I, or how should I, have learned about this
functionality, without posting a specific question on some forum?

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, and have both those options and many
more that XP doesn't have. If you right-click on a column heading and pick
More..., there has to be at least 100 different details listed, including
Date Taken and Dimensions.

What about the oldfashioned way, reading a book ?

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Insid...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272377952&sr=1-1

I did it ...

Bernd

 

[Guest]

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What about the oldfashioned way, reading a book ?

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Inside-Out-Ed-Bott/dp/0735626650/ref=sr....

I did it ...

Bernd

As near as I can tell after using Windows 7 Home Premium on 2
different laptops for nearly 2 months there is an XP mode for just
about everything if you wish to avoid learning the Win 7 way of doing
things.
As far as reference books go I like David Pogue's "Missing Manual
series. He has just published the one for Windows 7 and his is a very
accessible style of writing and he does not insult the inteligence of
experienced computer users.

 

[Billns]

Of course I never knew of this functionality. And I wonder how I would have
learned of it had I not posted the question. If you tell how you first
heard of it, then I should go to that resource, if indeed there is such a
thing. Most of what I know about certain application, such as Roxio, comes
only from trial and error, or posting on a forum, because the manual is way
out of date and far too often wrong.

So please tell me, how might I, or how should I, have learned about this
functionality, without posting a specific question on some forum?

Right clicking in various places of any window almost always brings up a
context-sensitive menu, i.e. the choices change depending on where you
right click. It works well in XP and I expect it still works in Windows
7. You want to right click on the header line in Explorer.

Bill