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Old November 3rd 15, 02:30 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
rwwink
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Default Fix the folder display

Windows 7 build 7601 64X SSD+1tb HDD with most of the updates.
Whan using the command "C:\windows\explorer.exe /n, /e, d:\", the display on the
left side of the screen shows the drives in the computer. Navigation deeper in
the tree using the left side display, I have to implicitly click on the main
folder to see any of the deeper folders. This is unlike the first selection
where I select the drive and all of the deeper folders appear.
Is there a setting to will make the deeper folders appear without having to
select each one?
R Wink
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Old November 3rd 15, 06:29 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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rwwink wrote:

Windows 7 build 7601 64X

Whan using the command "C:\windows\explorer.exe /n, /e, d:\", the display on the
left side of the screen shows the drives in the computer. Navigation deeper in
the tree using the left side display, I have to implicitly click on the main
folder to see any of the deeper folders.


Or you could double-click on a folder in the folder/file list pane
(right pane) to open it.

This is unlike the first selection
where I select the drive and all of the deeper folders appear.


No different than when opening a folder. You are opening the root
folder of a drive which then shows the folders and files under there.
When you open another folder, you see the folders and files under there.
When selecting a folder, whether the root folder (of the drive) or some
subfolder (on the drive), you get to see 1 level down the folders and
files within the selected folder.

Is there a setting to will make the deeper folders appear without having to
select each one?


You want the entire tree list in the navigation pane (left pane) to be
expanded? Windows Explorer doesn't work that way. Imagine the problems
of viewing and delay of opening tree list that has all subfolders
expanded going dozens of levels deep.

In the command line you described, you specified the [root] folder to
open. That's just like double-clicking on it within Windows Explorer.
You chose what folder to open so Windows Explorer opens that way.
If you had used "explorer.exe /n,/e,d:\somefolder\subfolder" (and if it
existed) then Windows Explorer would open with that selected folder
open. You told Windows Explorer to open that folder.

If you want a tree list of all folders (i.e., a fully expanded tree) and
file in them, run in a command shell (cmd.exe):

tree [drive:][path] /f /a %temp%\treelist.txt & notepad.exe %temp%\treelist.txt

That shows a tree list starting at the specified path with folders
organized using ASCII characters and files (/f) under each folder, saves
the output to a temp file, and loads the file into Notepad. Run
"tree.exe /?" for help.
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Old November 3rd 15, 07:47 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Big Al[_5_]
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Default Fix the folder display

rwwink wrote on 11/3/2015 8:30 AM:
Windows 7 build 7601 64X SSD+1tb HDD with most of the updates.
Whan using the command "C:\windows\explorer.exe /n, /e, d:\", the display on the
left side of the screen shows the drives in the computer. Navigation deeper in
the tree using the left side display, I have to implicitly click on the main
folder to see any of the deeper folders. This is unlike the first selection
where I select the drive and all of the deeper folders appear.
Is there a setting to will make the deeper folders appear without having to
select each one?
R Wink

I don't think I follow you but let me tell you what I see.

If I click the arrows beside any folder in the left tree, it only expands the list in the tree but the details on the
right side do not change.

Other than that, clicking on any folder in the tree opens the folder details in the right.
It does not expand the tree (left side) however. You have to expand using the arrows beside the folder.


This is how it has always worked for me. But personally I don't use the left except to jump major jumps like from
drive to drive etc. If I'm drilling down through the hierarchy of folders I double click the right side.

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Old November 4th 15, 02:14 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
rwwink
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You are correct, I didn't know what I wanted BUT
What I would like to an indicatation, from the top of the tree in the left pane,
which of the folder have subfolders
FX some programs show a box on the left of the folder that indicated a
subfolder. Outlook is one that comes to mind. If you made any subfolder in the
pernal folers, it shows a small box to the left of the folder name that has a +
in it to expand the folder or a - to compress the folder. It doesn't show the
subfolder but do indicate whicj of the root folders has a subfoler.
I guess, that's more in line with what I would like to have.
R. Wink


On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:29:29 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

rwwink wrote:

Windows 7 build 7601 64X

Whan using the command "C:\windows\explorer.exe /n, /e, d:\", the display on the
left side of the screen shows the drives in the computer. Navigation deeper in
the tree using the left side display, I have to implicitly click on the main
folder to see any of the deeper folders.


Or you could double-click on a folder in the folder/file list pane
(right pane) to open it.

This is unlike the first selection
where I select the drive and all of the deeper folders appear.


No different than when opening a folder. You are opening the root
folder of a drive which then shows the folders and files under there.
When you open another folder, you see the folders and files under there.
When selecting a folder, whether the root folder (of the drive) or some
subfolder (on the drive), you get to see 1 level down the folders and
files within the selected folder.

Is there a setting to will make the deeper folders appear without having to
select each one?


You want the entire tree list in the navigation pane (left pane) to be
expanded? Windows Explorer doesn't work that way. Imagine the problems
of viewing and delay of opening tree list that has all subfolders
expanded going dozens of levels deep.

In the command line you described, you specified the [root] folder to
open. That's just like double-clicking on it within Windows Explorer.
You chose what folder to open so Windows Explorer opens that way.
If you had used "explorer.exe /n,/e,d:\somefolder\subfolder" (and if it
existed) then Windows Explorer would open with that selected folder
open. You told Windows Explorer to open that folder.

If you want a tree list of all folders (i.e., a fully expanded tree) and
file in them, run in a command shell (cmd.exe):

tree [drive:][path] /f /a %temp%\treelist.txt & notepad.exe %temp%\treelist.txt

That shows a tree list starting at the specified path with folders
organized using ASCII characters and files (/f) under each folder, saves
the output to a temp file, and loads the file into Notepad. Run
"tree.exe /?" for help.

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Old November 4th 15, 07:00 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Fix the folder display

rwwink wrote:

You are correct, I didn't know what I wanted BUT What I would like to
an indicatation, from the top of the tree in the left pane, which of
the folder have subfolders


If a folder has subfolders, you will see a right-pointing chevron
(triangle) to the left of the folder. Instead of double-clicking on the
folder to expand it, you can single-click on the chevron to expand a
folder.

When a folder (with subfolders) is collapsed, the chevron will be hollow
and points to the right. When you expand that folder, the chevron gets
fill-in (solid black) and points to the right and down.

Outlook is one that comes to mind.


Outlook is not showing any folders. It uses a tree view to illustrate
the hierarchy of its message store. There are no folders for the
message store. Just one local .pst or .ost file wherein are stored all
the messages. Just in case you meant Outlook Express, a wholly separate
and independent program, those folders are also not folders in the file
system but how the messages are organized inside .dbx (database) files.
Windows Live Mail does use the file system to store messages. Each
message is a file in the file system and each folder is a folder in the
file system, so WLM's organizational representation of its message store
does match to how it uses the file system. A single index database file
keeps track of where are the messages in the files and folders in the
real file system. Most e-mail program use a database system because it
is faster to find messages plus their data is compacted (binary) instead
of consuming more space with character data in separate files for each
message.

In my Outlook 2013 instance, the chevrons are always solid (no hollow
chevrons) and change from pointing to the right (for a collapsed folder)
to pointing to the right and downward (for an expanded folder). Earlier
versions of Outlook (you didn't mention your version) and Outlook
EXPRESS use the "+" (collapsed folder) and "-" (expanded folder) for the
tree node handles.

No program has to use the same tree object (TreeView class) as does
Windows Explorer. Many programs will use whatever tree or binary object
they want to code for. Also, when you open a browse dialog within an
app, it may use the standard browse object available from Windows or it
may use its own browse dialog. What is a tree within an app is not
necessarily the same tree object used in Windows or some other app.
 




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