The "Folders" button on the Windows Explorer toolbar toggles between the traditional tree view of folders, and the task pane. Underneath "Other Places" is a "Details" pane which gives additional information – typically file size and date, but depending on the file type, a thumbnail preview, author, image dimensions, or other details. File types that have identified themselves as being printable also have an option listed to print the file. The Media Bar was only available with Windows XP RTM.Įvery folder also has "File and Folder Tasks", offering options to create new folders, share a folder on the local network, publish files or folders to a website, and other common tasks like copying, renaming, moving, and deleting files or folders. Windows XP had a Media bar but it was removed with SP1. Conversely, a folder containing music files would offer options to play those files in a media player or to go online to purchase music. For instance, when in a directory containing mostly pictures, a set of "Picture tasks" is shown, offering the options to display these pictures as a slide show, to print them out, or to go online to order prints. It presents the user with a list of common actions and destinations that are relevant to the current directory or file(s) selected. The task pane is displayed on the left-hand side of the window instead of the traditional folder tree view. Windows Explorer in Windows Server 2003 contains all the same features as Windows XP, but the task panes and search companion are disabled by default. Microsoft focused especially on making Explorer more discoverable and task-based, as well as adding several new features to reflect the growing use of a computer as a digital hub. There were significant changes made to Windows Explorer in Windows XP, both visually and functionally. Windows Explorer in Windows XP, showing All Users folder contents Such folders contained a hidden web page that controlled the way the Windows Explorer displayed the contents of the folder. With the release of the Windows Desktop Update (packaged with Internet Explorer 4 as an optional component, and included in Windows 98), Windows Explorer became "integrated" with Internet Explorer, most notably with the addition of navigation arrows (back and forward) for moving between recently visited directories, as well as Internet Explorer's Favorites menu.Īn address bar was also added to Windows Explorer, which a user could type in directory paths directly, and be taken to that folder.Īnother feature that was based on Internet Explorer technology was customized folders. The entire program was moved across to the Cairo development group who finally integrated the new shell design into the NT code with the release of NT 4.0 in July 1996. The Shell Technology Preview program never saw a final release under NT 3.51. MSDN and CompuServe users: and August 8, 1995.
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