Comments on: Disable Favorite Links Panel in Windows Vista Explorer

By: davidg

davidg — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:54:50 +0000

Nice. I just wish Microsoft would have included the hide favorites/keep folders option directly on the layout menu instead of leaving people guessing about how to reduce their “helpful” clutter.

By: turbine

turbine — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:46:39 +0000

Glad to see I’m not the only one who couldn’t figure it out for the life of me. Drag up the folder tree? it’s so obvious I wouldn’t have ever guessed, hahaha. Thanks!

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:49:04 +0000

Thanks so much!

By: Philippa

Philippa — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:29:49 +0000

Hi Thanks very much for this tip. Folder lists are crucial and the favourites were cramping my style. I don’t think I would ever have worked that one out for myself.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:22:19 +0000

Thanks for that – cursing Vista here in so many ways, but that simple drag fixes one of the most annoying.

Do you know how/where to change the default location for Explorer when opened using the Control/E shortcut, as I don’t use the long-winded menu approach if I can avoid it?

By: btbj

btbj — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:50:22 +0000

Thanks jonricho. You’re a legend.

By: givemebackmymac

givemebackmymac — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:33:35 +0000

Thank you. Oh, God I hate Vista.

By: ds

ds — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:14:29 +0000

I didn’t realize so many felt as I did about this ‘feature’. Like everyone else here, spent waay too much time trying to get rid of it. Thanks everyone for the assist.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:18:22 +0000

THANK YOU

I cannot believe the my IT guy and myself spent 15 minutes trying to figure this out in vain yesterday. Who knew MS decided you needed to make a “purposeful pause” before attempting to adjust the position of the folder to cover the useless favorites bar. I was ready to pull my hair out after clicking it open and closed for the 80th time while trying to drag.

By: spenser

spenser — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:41:05 +0000

If this many people universally hate the feature, it must have been a very bad decision made by someone who likes bling more than function at MS.

It’s all been downhill, UI wise, since NT4.