Whhither the folder tree?

I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to the
folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.

And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP menu,
instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?

Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!

darius wrote:
> I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to the
> folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.
>
> And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP menu,
> instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?
>
> Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
> scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!

Hey, they're still writing ALPHA code. It may have a BETA label slapped
on it, but it's not in a BETA state yet by a long chalk.

Well it is beta... but in a later build we'll see this returning - has
already been confirmed that it'll be implimented.
Look at the Sidebar, went away in 4053 and it's back in 5308! D

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--- Original message follows ---
"Mike Williams" <> wrote in message
news:...
> darius wrote:
>> I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to the
>> folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.
>>
>> And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP menu,
>> instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?
>>
>> Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
>> scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!
>
> Hey, they're still writing ALPHA code. It may have a BETA label slapped on
> it, but it's not in a BETA state yet by a long chalk.

and I need the " Up " folder in Windows Explorer. Having just installed
it, I too do find it a bit tedious to get around. ( I came here checking
to see if perhaps I just wasn't looking in the right place). I thought
that I was in luck when it recognized my Hauppage TV card , but it
doesn't work. So no TV in the background ... back to testing.



"Mike Williams" <> wrote in message
news:...
> darius wrote:
>> I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to
>> the folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.
>>
>> And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP
>> menu, instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?
>>
>> Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
>> scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!
>
> Hey, they're still writing ALPHA code. It may have a BETA label
> slapped on it, but it's not in a BETA state yet by a long chalk.

I rolled back my Geforce 6200 Turbocache video driver - and WinTV is working
fine. I had just noticed that the LATEST nvidia download is for Beta2 ( not
my 5308 build) - oops that's what I installed - so rolled back.
Also, I did notice that I have 2 "driver problems " in Device Mgr - lists
"other device" and a NVCinema BDA driver issue. I did a google search and
perhaps upcoming Microsoft 'Broadcast Driver Architecture' (BDA). I think
it's working fine with the Hauppage drivers but Vista THINKS it needs a TV
driver - but I can't find one so just disabled both of these devices for
now.

Bobb

"- Bobb -" <> wrote in message
news:...
> and I need the " Up " folder in Windows Explorer. Having just installed
> it, I too do find it a bit tedious to get around. ( I came here checking
> to see if perhaps I just wasn't looking in the right place). I thought
> that I was in luck when it recognized my Hauppage TV card , but it doesn't
> work. So no TV in the background ... back to testing.
>
>
>
> "Mike Williams" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> darius wrote:
>>> I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to the
>>> folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.
>>>
>>> And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP menu,
>>> instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?
>>>
>>> Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
>>> scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!
>>
>> Hey, they're still writing ALPHA code. It may have a BETA label slapped
>> on it, but it's not in a BETA state yet by a long chalk.
>

I found
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarch...st26162475.asp
that mentions - with TV cards - they also got these 2 drivers issues, so
I'll just leave disabled and not try any longer.

"- Bobb -" <> wrote in message
news:ekJo$...
>I rolled back my Geforce 6200 Turbocache video driver - and WinTV is
>working fine. I had just noticed that the LATEST nvidia download is for
>Beta2 ( not my 5308 build) - oops that's what I installed - so rolled back.
> Also, I did notice that I have 2 "driver problems " in Device Mgr -
> lists "other device" and a NVCinema BDA driver issue. I did a google
> search and perhaps upcoming Microsoft 'Broadcast Driver Architecture'
> (BDA). I think it's working fine with the Hauppage drivers but Vista
> THINKS it needs a TV driver - but I can't find one so just disabled both
> of these devices for now.
>
> Bobb
>
> "- Bobb -" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> and I need the " Up " folder in Windows Explorer. Having just installed
>> it, I too do find it a bit tedious to get around. ( I came here checking
>> to see if perhaps I just wasn't looking in the right place). I thought
>> that I was in luck when it recognized my Hauppage TV card , but it
>> doesn't work. So no TV in the background ... back to testing.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Williams" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> darius wrote:
>>>> I got to play with Vista briefly on a friend's PC. What happened to
>>>> the folder tree? Navigating in explorer is really cumbersome w/o it.
>>>>
>>>> And is there a way to make the start menu expand out, like the XP menu,
>>>> instead of acting like I have a 480px wide screen?
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, I say it's pretty neat. Dig the eye candy, the true DPI
>>>> scaling, per app vol control. I want my public beta NOW!!!
>>>
>>> Hey, they're still writing ALPHA code. It may have a BETA label slapped
>>> on it, but it's not in a BETA state yet by a long chalk.
>>
>