Always show the little triangles beside folders in WinExplorer

drkh

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In the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, there is a little triangle beside a folder for expanding and collapsing. I would lik to see those triangles be always present, not just pop out when you mouse over the navigation pane.

Is there a setting/hack for that?

PS: What's the term for that little triangle?
 
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In the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, there is a little triangles beside a folder for expanding and collapsing. I would lik to see those triangles be always present, not just pop out when you mouse over the navigation pane.

Is there a setting/hack for that?

PS: What's the term for that little triangle?
Those are called Glyph or Expanding, Collapsing Arrows. There is no setting for that.
Jerry
 
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Those are called "Expando buttons". Classic Shell has an option to show them always. You can download it from here: Welcome to Classic Shell
 

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Hi, guys. Thank you for answering me and providing info.

As Ivo recommends, I'll try Classic Shell.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP2
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AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE
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GigaByte GA-890GPA-UD3H
Memory
A-Data DDR3 1333 Supreme SU3U1333B2G9-R 2G x4
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ATI Raedon HD 4290 IGX on AMD SB850 chipset
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on-board Realtek ALC892
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Samsung S22D300NY 21.5" wide screen
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1280 x 720
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WD RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB SATA2 x2 (RAID-0)
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