What don't you like about Windows 7?

JerryNJ said:

Why did MS change how functions that were XP look in W7, or bury all useful functions one more click down the stack, or not work with MSHome networks running XP? for starters.

Networks will work with XP machine. I have an XP machine on my home network. You have to use work groups. Here is a tutorial.

File Sharing - Between XP and W7 (and vice versa)

I will agree that Win 7 made working with machines wilth other os's needlessly complicated. That is my only gripe about Win7

Layback Bear said:

It needs a built in Outlook Express. I tires of playing with that live mail thing. Other than that it's GREAT.

Outlook Express is dead. It was not secure at all. I suggest you purchase Outlook. It has a similar feel to Outlook Express. I don't care for Windows Live Mail either.

I have issues with Windows Explorer under Windows 7 from THIS thread:

First, I have Windows Explorer's View customized with these settings:

• Under "Organize > Layout", I have the details and navigation panes selected so I can quickly drill down to the folder I need.
• Under "Folder Options", I have both Navigation pane options selected (Show all folders, and Automatically expand to current folder).

With that said, here are my issues:

1. Let a folder have the sub folders subA, subB, and subC. I want to drill into the folders in subA, so I position the tree control so that subA is at the top. As soon as I select subA, though, Windows 7 relocates this folder to the bottom of my tree view. Why does Windows 7 likes to position my selected tree item at the bottom? Can I turn that off?
2. Dialog Boxes:
   If I click (for example) the Manage Attachments link below, the dialog box opens to the last used drive. I scroll the tree view control over to where I want to select my files from, but as soon as I let go of the mouse button, the focus snaps back to the folder the dialog box started with. I can scroll to my folder again, and the annoyance does not repeat, but it will happen the next time I open a dialog box to select something in a different folder.
3. One final complaint: The address bar no longer displays the "true" path, but rather a "logical" (?) path.
   Instead of
   Code:

   C:\Users\jp2code\Documents

   I now have
   Code:

   * Libraries * Documents * My Documents

   I can get the address bar to display the "true" path by clicking the folder icon in the address bar ...but if I do that too fast, Windows Explorer creates a shortcut to that folder in that folder for me. What's that for?

Does anyone know how to address these issues?

jp2code said:

1. One final complaint: The address bar no longer displays the "true" path, but rather a "logical" (?) path.
   Instead of
   Code:

   C:\Users\jp2code\Documents

   I now have
   Code:

   * Libraries * Documents * My Documents

   I can get the address bar to display the "true" path by clicking the folder icon in the address bar ...but if I do that too fast, Windows Explorer creates a shortcut to that folder in that folder for me. What's that for?

Does anyone know how to address these issues?

Well you are accessing the "My Documents" though a library which is a logical abstraction of the under lying file system. It makes sense for the path to be displayed in logical fashion as well. You don't need to click the icon, you can click anywhere in the address bar and get the "true" path. As for creating a shotcut that only happens when you click and drag.

jp2code said:

I'm just listing it as one of the things that annoys me about Windows 7, and asking if there is a setting that anyone knows of to display the path with the backslashes by default instead of using logical arrows. As a software developer, I can not tell my code how to parse these little logical arrows. I can, however, give it a string representation using backslashes, and my compilers will understand what I have typed in.

You don't put in arrows or the like, the logical is display only. Trying to use that information in a none visual matter will get you no where. The logical representation is for human consumption not software.

Your answer is incorrect. Shortcut creation does not require dragging. Try it (just click the folder icon in the address bar), and you will see. It appears Microsoft (or Windows 7) wants me to double-click the folder icon to display the logical representation of the folder.

I did try it. I clicked on the icon. even doubled clicked but it never created a shortcut until I dragged just a little with the mouse. Letting go of the mouse button while on the address bar after dragging of course put the shortcut into the current folder.

logicearth said:

Your answer is incorrect. Shortcut creation does not require dragging. Try it (just click the folder icon in the address bar), and you will see. It appears Microsoft (or Windows 7) wants me to double-click the folder icon to display the logical representation of the folder.

I did try it. I clicked on the icon. even doubled clicked but it never created a shortcut until I dragged just a little with the mouse. Letting go of the mouse button while on the address bar after dragging of course put the shortcut into the current folder.

+1. I tested this, too. You have to drag the icon to create a shortcut.

This might help to understand how it works:

Windows Explorer Address Bar - Vista Forums

or

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

or you can try the following registry edit, however I read it does not work if Aero is on:

1.Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
2.Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState subkey.
3.Double-click the "FullPathAddress" value or (create the DWORD-type value if it doesn't exist).
4.Set the value to 1 to enable it or 0 to disable it.
5.Click OK and close the registry editor.

jp2code said:

I have issues with Windows Explorer under Windows 7 from THIS thread:

First, I have Windows Explorer's View customized with these settings:

• Under "Organize > Layout", I have the details and navigation panes selected so I can quickly drill down to the folder I need.
• Under "Folder Options", I have both Navigation pane options selected (Show all folders, and Automatically expand to current folder).

With that said, here are my issues:

1. Let a folder have the sub folders subA, subB, and subC. I want to drill into the folders in subA, so I position the tree control so that subA is at the top. As soon as I select subA, though, Windows 7 relocates this folder to the bottom of my tree view. Why does Windows 7 likes to position my selected tree item at the bottom? Can I turn that off?
2. Dialog Boxes:
   If I click (for example) the Manage Attachments link below, the dialog box opens to the last used drive. I scroll the tree view control over to where I want to select my files from, but as soon as I let go of the mouse button, the focus snaps back to the folder the dialog box started with. I can scroll to my folder again, and the annoyance does not repeat, but it will happen the next time I open a dialog box to select something in a different folder.

I have found that Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) takes a long time to finish setting itself up.

I have to wait for a few seconds, after the Dialogue box has apparently finished loading, for it to be ready for use.

On my PC, the scrollbar "twitches", a few seconds after the Dialogue box has apparently finished loading.
Once that happens, it is safe to scroll the Navigation Tree.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix this annoyance.
I just assumed, that my PC wasn't powerful enough, to instantly load Windows Explorer.