Disable auto-search whenever i press a key in windows explorer?

[soule]

Hi all!

I have a habit of whenever looking at cluttered folders (Program files) to press the key of the first letter of the file i want (say Mozilla firefox, i press letter M).

This works fine in XP, ubuntu, pretty much everything. But windows 7 rather "searches" for things with the letter M, which has a several second delay on my PC which i don't like and/or need.

Does anyone know how to disable this auto-"search
" feature?

Cheers,
soule

 

[richc46]

Perhaps number 51 will help

Windows 7: 77 Windows 7 Tips

 

[soule]

Thanks!

Perfecto

Tip was a bit tricky to follow, but eventually i figured it out.

Thanks!

cheers,
soule

 

[richc46]

TY for the kind words and rep. Be sure to tell your friends about the service that you received at the Seven Forums

 

[mfelzani]

Additional Option

I know this thread is dated, but the advice in the link posted by richc46 didn't really work for me I don't think.

Anyway, what did was:

• From the Folder Options Menu
• Click the "View" tab
• Scroll to the bottom and the "When typing into list view" section
• Select the "Select the typed item in the view" option instead of "Automatically type into the Search Box"

Normally I wouldn't have replied, but this was one of google's top rated results I got when I was looking for help with this issue.

 

[tumzaseven]

Sweet thank you it worked

 

[Layback Bear]

Thank you tumzaseven for joining our Forum.

Happy computing.