Chapter 8. Mastering Vista’s Explorer Windows

In This Chapter:

  • Quickly navigate files and folders
  • Clean files of unnecessary data
  • Restore previous versions of files
  • Maximize use of your Explorer toolbar
  • Master Explorer window breadcrumb trails
  • Rename files effortlessly
  • Copy and move effectively
  • Set Explorer options

Here you will work with Vista’s Explorer windows. In the Explorer windows, you view and manage your files, folders, and devices. Unlike the Internet Explorer program that browses the Internet, the Windows Explorer windows enable you to browse files on your own computer.

If you’re accustomed to Windows XP’s Windows Explorer, you should expect some improvements in the way you work with your files. Vista added needed facelifts and functionality ...

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