Win7 — Open folders on Desktop

Hi all,

I created a folder on the Desktop (right-click, New, folder, etc.) and put shortcuts to my games in the folder.

However, every time I click to open it, Explorer opens and my games are listed there.

How do I get the folder to open on the Desktop? I have "open each folder in it's own window" checked.

 

Hi all,

@Steve:

The shortcuts are to the .exe programs. I right-click on the game's .exe, select "Send to Desktop (create shortcut) ", cut that and paste it into the Games folder on the DT. Then when I'm at the Desktop, I'd click the Games folder, the folder would open up on the Desktop and I'd select the game.

@Arie:

I expect the folder to open like it does with XP — on the Desktop and not in Explorer.

I definitely agree with the "" part. However, if I'm on the Desktop and click to open a folder, opening the folder in Explorer instead of on the Desktop doesn't make any sense to me. And, if that's "normal behavior ", I hope they "un-normalize" it.

 

Hi guys,

OK, I'm really feeling stupid now. In XP, on the Desktop, is a folder. When I click the folder, it opens (on the Desktop, not in Explorer) and shows me what I put in there.

Pete, I'd love to post two pics: One showing my Desktop with the folder on it, and one showing the results of clicking the folder (showing what's in the folder). How do I post\attach\show the screen shots?

 

Hi guys,

Sorry I haven't been here for a few days, but I've been bedeviled by trying to find out how to get W7 and XP to dual boot without having to hit the F8 key to choose which HDD to boot to. Major brain damage, but that's for another post.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand: You guys are having me on, right?

@Pete & @Arie, I now see the smilies you put in your posts, so I know
So, just for fun, here's the pics you requested:

My Desktop

Pic 1: In the lower left corner is my Games Folder. Pic 2 is the result of when I left click the Games Folder.

 

Hi all,

@Arie,
Yes, but what happens when you have the DT folder in the unexpanded view (one box like your pic), close out of it and you click on Windows Explorer? Windows Explorer opens in the same view as the folder! That's not what I want. I want each folder (or drive) to open the way I want. Even after amending Explorer Properties (%windir%\explorer.exe /e,C:\) it made no difference. If the Desktop folder is set one way, everything else is too.

@Pete,
I got rid of all that I didn't want and it's still not giving me what I'm used to with XP. Plus, no matter what I click, I can't get rid of the description, size, shortcut info.

Here's what I mean:

Desktop & Explorer Views

If the DT folder is set as is shown in the pic (W7DTfolder), Windows Explorer opens the same way as the folder did (W7Explorer pic).

Am I losing it? Am I expecting too much from a RC?

 

Hi guys,

Well, as it turns out, Arie is correct "” with one caveat: Windows 7 does not have the feature that XP\ME\98 did; the feature to Remember Folder View, Size and Position. It's not that I'm expecting too much, it's that I'm expecting W7 to have at least some of the features us XP users have come to rely on. My bad I just contradicted myself "” I am expecting too much.

However, for 10 bucks you can buy a program that'll do it.

So far I've found over 20 things that I've spent more time banging my head against the wall trying to figure out than actually using it. Plus, if you have programs that you really like that are pre-2005, good luck trying to get them to work, or display properly, or their icons to work. The "compatibility mode" leaves too much to be desired and on some programs doesn't work at all.

The worst part is that I'm not alone; everything I've found annoying, too many others have, too. And, M$ isn't listening: They're in too big a hurry to get it released than they are to listen to the end user. IMNSHO, M$ is going to be releasing a Service Pack within 3 months of release.

Arie, you no doubt are a Master, a Guru, and I humbly kneel before you. Your knowledge and ken of computers is waaay beyond me and I have no doubt that you could get your cooling fans to sing Ave Maria when you boot up.

However, to the "general computing" audience, W7 has a lot more bells buzzers and whistles that "we" have no use for; bog down our systems; make trying to do simple stuff a real head-scratcher; and is just plain-old counter intuitive if you're coming over from XP.

The User Interface is nice, though.

p.s.@Pete, spend a little more time if you can with W7 and you'll see what I'm talking about (unless you're in Arie's league )