Vista - Can I set Explorer like in XP address bar?

Vista Ultimate (and probably all the other versions of Vista) have a bizarre
idea of how address bar navigation should be.

It doesn't follow established search metaphors found in web pages, Mac
systems, Linux systems, and all of the previous Windows systems.

To say the least, it is not intuitive. Furthermore, it doesn't allow
customization to revert back to the XP-style address bar.

Vista has some sort of crazy "breadcrumb" and list box control which
replaces the address bar.

More importantly, it doesn't truly reflect the hierarchical structure of the
file system. For example, if I open up "Documents", the breadcrumbs start
with the user name, and not with the "C:\" root and then the location of
"Documents."

Once you're in "Documents", you can't navigate "UP" to it's PARENT folder.

Yes, the "UP" button we all loved is removed from Vista Explorer.

I'm going to buy XP once again, and retire Vista Ultimate...and and cut my
losses for shelling out so much money.

Purchasing Vista Ultimate (with Office Ultimate 2007) was the worst software
purchase I have ever made. I wish it wasn't true.

The Vista Start Menu has a horrible system also. It's doesn't follow the
time-honored metaphors of expanding flyout menus that have worked JUST FINE
for years on many operating systems, including all Windows systems.

Now, for any suggestions. Is there a button in Explorer for "Classic View?"

That would make my day.

Hello,

You can click on a empty area in the address bar to see the old full path instead. This tutorial may help give you more information on the Windows Explorer address bar.

Windows Explorer Address Bar

You could also change the color scheme to "Windows Classic". You can see how to do this here. Afterwards, just open Folder Options -> View and check "Display the full path in the title bar (Classic folders only)".

Color Scheme

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Was that reply auto generated? Seems like he wasn't paying much attention to
my post.

I hate the Vista explorer search bar.

I don't want instructions on how to use it. A dummy can figure it out.

I'm saying, I want the OLD ONE BACK.

Can I get the Classic View back?

Hello?

No, it was not auto generated. You asked if there was a way to go back to the old XP address bar. The tutorials show you how to have nothing but the full path in the address bar instead of the "bread crumbs". I just threw in a few other things I thought you might find helpful to.

Please clarify where I'm off-base here.

Shawn

You will have to change the color scheme to "Windows Classic" to do this though. It will not work in "Windows Aero" or "Windows Basic". After you change to Classic, just open the Folder Options -> View and check "Display the full path in the title bar (Classic folders only)".

Shawn

It just sounds like another guy with a chip on his shoulder. It just amounts
to Vista doesn't run like XP. It doesn't - it's not XP. XP didn't run much
like DOS either, and you got all the same grumbling then. The world moves on
faster than many are ready to go with it. Vista is a learning curve, and if
you just decide to climb the hill, it goes pertty easy. I was forced to
change, so I decided it was just another challenge. Life would be pretty
dull without them.

So, we get posts where folks spend many words telling us how Vista SHOULD
work, when in the end what matters is how it DOES work. We can't change it.
You can only give good advice like you did, and then they want to come at
you along with everything else.

Have a nice holiday weekend!

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Blessings & peace --- Ray
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brink wrote:Not at all sure that I would have responded Shawn. You have a great deal
of patience.

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Dave T.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

Hi Dave and Ray,

I just try to help where I can. It's up to the poster if they want to try it or not. No big deal.

Have a good weekend,
Shawn

Greetings,

I tried the recommendations to get the old, full address bar back in Explorer, but it didn't work.

I had previously set the theme to Windows Classic, but had failed to find the folder setting. So, I set it and then closed my explorer windows and opened a new one up...but it was still the "breadcrumbs." Any ideas why it isn't working? The settings are sticking, but they aren't being honored.

Is it because I'm on Enterprise? This is my work laptop that I was forced to move to Vista on. I share dropping_the_ball's angst about Vista, but have no choice. I have been using Windows for over 10 years...got my first exposure in High School with Win 3.2 (I think that was the right version). So I'm used to large degrees of change within various Windows' versions.

My preferred OS is Ubuntu (right now...really anything *nix), but I cannot limit myself to that narrow market. I'm a computer professional and Windows is a huge market presence (duh!).

Anyway, any help or ideas are greatly appreciated!