My Computer pinned to Taskbar

[stargazer830]

Hey all,

Vista veteran that just switched over to Win7 64-bit Home edition this week. Just pinned My Computer to the taskbar. When I click the icon, it brings up the list of internal/external drives (C, D, etc) as it should. But then, when I click on one of the drives, it opens up the contents in 2 other windows. Odd. So for instance, if I click on the C drive, I end up with 3 windows open, the My Computer window, and 2 separate C:drive windows.

Is there any way I can just have the contents of the C:drive (or whichever drive) open up in the same window as My Computer?

This only happens when I open My Computer through the taskbar, when I click on the icon on my desktop or on the start menu, it behaves normally.

Hope this makes sense - and thanks in advance!!!

Bob

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello stargazer830, welcome to Seven Forums!





How are you pinning 'computer' to the taskbar as by default it opens in the "Explorer" folder on the taskbar with no "pin-to" option?

 

[whs]

Check whether it is set to Open each folder in the same window > In Organize > Folder and search options.

 

[stargazer830]

Thanks for the quick reply, Bare Foot Kid!

I have the Desktop toolbar on my taskbar, and hide the icons on my desktop (I like a clean screen!) I clicked on the toolbar, then dragged the Computer onto the taskbar.

I originally had Win Explorer pinned to the taskbar, but hated that it open to the Libraries first...

 

[stargazer830]

Check whether it is set to Open each folder in the same window > In Organize > Folder and search options.

Hi whs,

Yes, it's checked - that is the first this I looked at....

 

[stargazer830]

Oh, another thing....

The window always opens up with the Navigation pane on. I turn it off (Organize--Layout--Navigation Pane), and it disappears, but when I open it up again it turns back on. Can I make it stay off permanently???

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Did you do an upgrade from Vista to Windows7?

 

[stargazer830]

Did you do an upgrade from Vista to Windows7?

No, new desktop.