"Invert Selection" not in Windows 7??

[ignatzatsonic]

I have been using the "invert selection" command regularly for many years on earlier versions of Windows Explorer.

I can't find it in Windows 7.

A google search implies that it was not in the earliest betas, but was restored sometime around March 2009.

Is it in the retail version? Where?

A search of these forums for "invert selection" generates a single hit from January. The post got no responses at all.

A search for the term in Windows Help generates a hit with a page full of keyboard shortcuts. I waded through them and didn't see it.

Help?

 

[ZeshanA]

I have been using the "invert selection" command regularly for many years on earlier versions of Windows Explorer.

I can't find it in Windows 7.

A google search implies that it was not in the earliest betas, but was restored sometime around March 2009.

Is it in the retail version? Where?

A search of these forums for "invert selection" generates a single hit from January. The post got no responses at all.

A search for the term in Windows Help generates a hit with a page full of keyboard shortcuts. I waded through them and didn't see it.

Help?

Hi! I think the Keyboard SHortcut has been removed but you can still "Invert Selection" by selecting and then going to edit. It's at the bottom of the dropdown menu.

ZeshanA

Rep a user if they help!

 

[pillainp]

Make your selection, then hit ALT to reveal the menu bar. Go to the Edit Menu. Its right at the bottom.

The keyboard sequence is ALT+E+I.

 

[ZeshanA]

Oh and by the way you can sorta make that into a Keyboard Shortcut by pressing alt+e+i

ZeshanA

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Selecting what?

Edit is at the bottom of what dropdown menu??

I don't see the expected "Edit" menu as a choice at the top of Explorer.

I don't see an edit or invert selection choice if I right click a random file in a random folder.

I see headings like organize, include in library, share with, play all, burn, and new library.

What menu do you refer to and how do I access that menu?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

PillainP

Thanks for that. I see it.

Is there no way to display that bar by default, so I can always have quick access to the Edit menu??

Or must I always use Alt?

 

[pillainp]

At the top left corner of your explorer window is a button labeled "Organize". Click it and then on the Layout sub-menu, click Menu Bar. Presto, you have the good old menu bar visible permanently.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Thank you again. I woulda thought the menu bar would be there by default, but someone had another idea.

 

[bingmobo]

@ignatzatsonic The reasoning behind hiding it was to make the interface much cleaner. Having more options for newbies just confuses them but they're still there if needed

 

[logicearth]

Holding down ALT in Explorer temporarily shows the menu bar. Once you get used to it, you find you rarely ever need the menu bar if ever.

 

[Phone Man]

Go to Folder Options, View and select Always Show Menus to make it permanent.

Jim

 

[drugo]

Make your selection, then hit ALT to reveal the menu bar. Go to the Edit Menu. Its right at the bottom.

The keyboard sequence is ALT+E+I.

wow
thanks!
is there a way to have always the menu bar enable?