On 3/2/18 9:38 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 22:54:54 -0500, "Bob_S" wrote:

"Ken Springer" wrote in message news

On 3/1/18 8:08 PM, Bob_S wrote:
"Mayayana" wrote in message news
"Bob_S" wrote

| Right-click on Explorer icon, select Properties and enter what you
want
in
| the Target window.
|

What he wants is 2 Explorer windows, for two
different folders, opening next to each other, one
on the left and one on the right. If you can choose
position in shortcut properties it's news to me.


That’s what I get for working on two systems and reading a newsgroup at
the
same time....

ROFL


Ken,

See if "Total Commander" doesn't get you closer to what you want to do. The
SourceForge site is down right now but here's the authors page
https://www.ghisler.com/


Total Commander is a good choice. I used it for a while and liked it a
lot.

But even better, as far as I'm concerned, is Directory Opus
(https://www.gpsoft.com.au/), which is what I now use. Unfortunately
it's not free, but it's worth the cost ($89 AUD) to me.

I've looked at a lot of the options out there, and agree about DO. But
for my immediate purpose, it's overkill.

There is one place where I think the old File Manager from Windows For
Workgroups excels. There is a bar above the panes that has an icon for
each individual drive/partition. That makes it easier to explain drives
and especially partitions. In fact, for very basic instructions for
newbies, you can ignore the partition idea anyway. It would just go
over their heads.

A couple of the alternative file managers have those icons, but I don't
remember seeing any connecting lines in the panes. And, they were
overly complex for my goal/need in looking for something else.

Sometimes, the simple answer is the best, and at time we tend to ignore
simplicity.



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Ken
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