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Re: Is a Win XP-like Windows Explorer possible with Win 7 Home Premium

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From: J. P. Gilliver (John)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:35
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In message <iib3n7puqf1hgg2ps0m6p334qj9e6u3gbv@4ax.com>, ECLiPSE 2002 
<fdm2000@comcast.net> writes:
>Fairly new to Win 7 Home Premium and am wondering if it is possible to
>create a Win XP- like Windows Explorer where one see a two column tree
>of folders and files to facilitate dragging and dropping files. I
>dislike the Win 7 Windows Explorer design and haven't figured out how
>to simply drag and drop and see what is happening. I have the entry
>level Win 7 and am aware that it does not allow one to fully switch to
>a Win XP configuration, but wonder if there is another way to simulate
>the WinXP style Windows Explorer.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Mary

As several others have suggested, (a) Classic Shell (free) will make 
things look a lot more like XP, (b) you _may_ be able to make 7's 
explorer look more like XPs (I didn't, but didn't try hard once I saw 
Classic Shell).

When you say you have the entry level Win 7, you are right in that it 
doesn't have the full XP, and is indeed the one lots of people first 
meet with 7, but it isn't the lowest level, that's Starter edition, 
which is _very_ limited (AIUI doesn't even let you change your wallpaper 
- but I've never played with Starter edition so can't confirm).
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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schools] and be taught English as it should be, and not as it is, spoken.)
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