Old school person using new school XP

[SV]

Greetings,
I've been using W-95 at home and W2000 at work, and after a 9 month hiatus
away from computers, I'm on a system running Windows XP. I'm seeing
something in XP that I don't remember from the others. Or, rather, not
seeing it. I don't have either of the other two computers available, so I
can't just go check and I need to ask here.

When I open up a folder in Explorer, and click on a file, I have to take
other steps if I want to see the file size (Right-click or go to the File
menu). For some reason I seem to recall having a status bar at the bottom
of my folders in W95 and/or W2000 and that when I highlighted a file, I'd
see file info in the status bar. Nothing much, I only remember filesize,
not path or anything (I have that in both my address bar and my folder
title).
Windows XP came set up so that if I simply moved my cursor over a file, it'd
show a pop-up balloon with file info, which was nice but got in the way too
often, so I disabled it.

In all candor, this is a big case of "I seem to recall" not "I know for sure
it was there." It's just that when I click on a file, my eyes move
automatically down to where I expect to see a status bar, so I'm figuring my
memory isn't too far off.

So... am I just going bonkers, or is there a status-bar capability I'm not
finding?

Bonus question: I keep my address bar in my folders (and on my taskbar)
because it's a GREAT navigation tool. On the taskbar, I can select "Show
Title" or, in my case, DEselect it (I KNOW it's an address bar!). Does
anyone know of a way to get the address bar in IE and Explorer windows to
not show the title?

Windows-XP 5.1 SP2
Classic Windows view (Not the bright, colorful, rounded XP view)
Tweak-UI For XP (Power Toys for Windows XP)
IE 6.0 SP2

Thanks,
Shane

 

[RA]

Greetings,
I've been using W-95 at home and W2000 at work, and after a 9 month
hiatus away from computers, I'm on a system running Windows XP. I'm
seeing something in XP that I don't remember from the others. Or,
rather, not seeing it. I don't have either of the other two
computers available, so I can't just go check and I need to ask here.

When I open up a folder in Explorer, and click on a file, I have to
take other steps if I want to see the file size (Right-click or go to
the File menu). For some reason I seem to recall having a status bar
at the bottom of my folders in W95 and/or W2000 and that when I
highlighted a file, I'd see file info in the status bar. Nothing
much, I only remember filesize, not path or anything (I have that in
both my address bar and my folder title).
Windows XP came set up so that if I simply moved my cursor over a
file, it'd show a pop-up balloon with file info, which was nice but
got in the way too often, so I disabled it.

In all candor, this is a big case of "I seem to recall" not "I know
for sure it was there." It's just that when I click on a file, my
eyes move automatically down to where I expect to see a status bar,
so I'm figuring my memory isn't too far off.

So... am I just going bonkers, or is there a status-bar capability
I'm not finding?

Bonus question: I keep my address bar in my folders (and on my
taskbar) because it's a GREAT navigation tool. On the taskbar, I can
select "Show Title" or, in my case, DEselect it (I KNOW it's an
address bar!). Does anyone know of a way to get the address bar in
IE and Explorer windows to not show the title?

Windows-XP 5.1 SP2
Classic Windows view (Not the bright, colorful, rounded XP view)
Tweak-UI For XP (Power Toys for Windows XP)
IE 6.0 SP2

Thanks,
Shane

To set the status bar, go to Windows Explorer, open View and click the
status bar option. If you want it to show all the time, to to Tools, Folder
Options, click the View Tab and select Apply to All Folders.

 

[SV]

RA
WOW.. I just did the Head-slap Heard Around The World!! I hang my head in
shameful embarrassment....
VIEW! Of COURSE!! I kept going to Tools \ Folder Options!!

Thanks, it's there and I'm doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance!!

 

[RA]

RA
WOW.. I just did the Head-slap Heard Around The World!! I hang my
head in shameful embarrassment....
VIEW! Of COURSE!! I kept going to Tools \ Folder Options!!

Thanks, it's there and I'm doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance!!

Glad you're happy but don't feel bad about missing it. There are always a
few changes to get used to when moving up to a new OS.

 

[Haggis]

drop in anytime :>

RA
WOW.. I just did the Head-slap Heard Around The World!! I hang my head in
shameful embarrassment....
VIEW! Of COURSE!! I kept going to Tools \ Folder Options!!

Thanks, it's there and I'm doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance!!

 

[Seahawk60B]

You can also set your folder view to "Details", apply it to all
folders, and see the file sizes for all your files without having to
click on individual files -