How do you "Select All" in Explorer

[Peter R. Fletcher]

"Select All" seems to have disappeared from the right-click menu in
the files pane in the Vista explorer, whether you are on a file or on
the free area at the right of the pane. I frequently want to select
all the files in a folder and used it frequently in XP. What am I
missing?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

 

[Mamamegs]

Peter R. Fletcher explained on 22-4-2007 :

"Select All" seems to have disappeared from the right-click menu in
the files pane in the Vista explorer, whether you are on a file or on
the free area at the right of the pane. I frequently want to select
all the files in a folder and used it frequently in XP. What am I
missing?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the
exchange. Peter R. Fletcher

Try Ctrl+A... ;-)

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[Adam Albright]

"Select All" seems to have disappeared from the right-click menu in
the files pane in the Vista explorer, whether you are on a file or on
the free area at the right of the pane. I frequently want to select
all the files in a folder and used it frequently in XP. What am I
missing?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

The "select all" option is now under 'Edit' on the Menu Bar at the
very top left of the Explorer window.

Another quick way to select multiple files at once is click on the
first file in a group you want, then select the last one in the group
while holding down the Shift key. For example if you wanted all files
in a folder from B to M just click on the first file starting with B
and the last one with M while holding down Shift.

If you want to select multiple files but skip over some, click on the
first file you want to select, then while holding down the Ctrl key
continue to left click on as many more files as you want skipping over
ones you don't want.

 

[Neil Harley]

"Select All" seems to have disappeared from the right-click menu in
the files pane in the Vista explorer, whether you are on a file or on
the free area at the right of the pane. I frequently want to select
all the files in a folder and used it frequently in XP. What am I
missing?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the
exchange. Peter R. Fletcher

Ctrl + A selects all.

 

[RGBean]

CTRL+A still works just fine.

Rick

 

[Jon]

"Select All" seems to have disappeared from the right-click menu in
the files pane in the Vista explorer, whether you are on a file or on
the free area at the right of the pane. I frequently want to select
all the files in a folder and used it frequently in XP. What am I
missing?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the
exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

Also on the 'Organize' menu

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I don't remember select all being on the right click menu?

You can use CTRL+a to select all or, use the old style menu bar and
Edit/Select All. You can press the ALT key to see the old style menu bar.

 

[Alan]

Hello Ronnie,

You're right. I'm still using XP and when I right-clicked on an empty part
of the right pane, there is no Select All listed in the popup menu.

All the other methods listed by various posters DO work.

Alan

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Alan

Glad you got the problem sorted. Enjoy.

 

[Alan]

Ronnie,

I'm glad that YOU'RE glad....except I wasn't the poster who was asking the
question -- or having the problem. :>

Alan

 

[Guest]

Opwn windows Explorer, click Organise, run cursor down to Layout; in sub menu
click Menu Bar. Then you have file, edit, etc permanently back.

 

[DP]

CTRL + A selects all files within a folder.
As for the tip below, clicking the Alt key brings back the menu bar.
Clicking it again makes it go away. So if you only need the menu bar
sometimes, the Alt key is the way to go.

 

[cs511ta]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934548/en-us

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot use keyboard shortcuts
to select more than one item in Windows Explorer

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Article ID : 934548
Last Review : April 24, 2007
Revision : 1.0

SYMPTOMS
On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot use keyboard shortcuts
to select more than one item in Windows Explorer. For example, you
cannot use the CTRL+A keyboard shortcut to select all the items in a
Windows Explorer window. Also, you cannot select multiple items in a
Windows Explorer window by holding the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while
you click the items.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the Reset Folders command. To use the Reset
Folders command, follow these steps:
1. In the Windows Explorer window where this issue occurs, click
Organize, and then click Folder and Search Options.
2. On the View tab, click Reset Folders.