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File Explorer - Details Column Drop Down Arrow Filter Menus
Hello Everyone,
I don't exactly know the proper name for them, but I am looking for a way to TURN OFF / REMOVE the arrow drop down menus located to the right of each column when in the "details" view. When you click on the arrows they display a drop down menu giving you the option of filtering A-H, I- P, Q-Z which I am sure tons of people have a need for? I don't think so!
I am using the Windows 7 Basic Theme in Windows 7 Pro and as I said I am using the "Details" View.
I know many will brush off finding a fix to this, saying just ignore them, but they really are annoying, every time you go to change the size of a column (which I do quite a bit) when you go to select the line you get a little hiccup where it loads up this arrow menu icon. I compare this to buying a car and having the manufacturer designing the gas and the brake pedal to be butting up against each other, so that every time you go to hit one you are constantly hitting the other.
Others will say, "just pick a 3rd party file explorer", which after testing over 30 (don't get me started on file explorers ),
I have picked one and the best one that I have found that suits my own personal needs so far is QDir. It is a great file explorer and I am so grateful to the developer for creating it, (if you haven't tried it out, give it a shot) the only thing is I believe it uses the identical light blue columns from Windows 7 File Explorer because it has the same exact column pull down arrows. I figure if I can eliminate them in the Windows 7 File Explorer then that will transfer over to QDir and they will be gone forever. If I am wrong and they are not the same columns then I would have to ask the developer of QDir to try and remove them and I don't know if someone will change their product just for me?
All Microsoft had to do was to put simple on/off settings for all these little annoying upgrades.
Overall I am very pleased with Windows 7 but I have a huge list of all the problems that I have come across with the File Explorer. The thing that baffles me are all these things worked fine in file explorer in XP, so the programming was already on some level done, wouldn't it have been more work to change everything.
Anyways, can someone PLEASE help me come up with a solution for this.
I have seen some amazing things done/created by other users that I never would have thought could be changed in Windows 7, hopefully someone has the magical skills of making these arrows disappear.
Thank You To All Who Have Taken The Time To Read This