DigitalE Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I just bought a new computer, and for some reason Explorer is showing the full path to the folder I am in as the window title. None of my other computers do this, they only show the name of the current folder. (in the screenshot's case, it should just say "My Music". How do I change this so it only shows the current folder name? Edit - Sorry, I must be retarded... Somehow I missed the option in the Folder Options box. Problem solved. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Can I ask why you don't want the full path? It's more helpful in the long run. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/#findComment-587980048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 See the addressbar? Yeah that's why. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/#findComment-587980337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Joel said: Can I ask why you don't want the full path? It's more helpful in the long run. I wouldn't really say so. When the full path is shown, the button on the taskbar becomes useless on any long path. And if you already have the window open, you might as well look in the address bar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/#findComment-587980352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Code.Red said: I wouldn't really say so. When the full path is shown, the button on the taskbar becomes useless on any long path. And if you already have the window open, you might as well look in the address bar. Quote See the addressbar? Yeah that's why. Exactly. I like seeing the full path in the address bar, but I hate having it cluttering up my window titles, especially on the taskbar. Because when I have multiple windows open, all I see on the taskbar is [C:\Documents and S...] [C:\Documents and S...] [C:\Windows\system...] and it's really annoying. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/#findComment-587980894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Code.Red said: I wouldn't really say so. When the full path is shown, the button on the taskbar becomes useless on any long path. And if you already have the window open, you might as well look in the address bar. I don't really understand the point you're making where I bolded it, but I've found it useful to have the whole path because any save window will accept d:\apps\mozilla\firefox\ in the name field to navigate to the folder you want. So if I was browsing my nVidia folder to see if I had the most recent release of Geforce drivers, I have the full path to download to when I grab the file. Otherwise, I have to actually navigate again to the folder to place my download in. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/505764-explorer-shows-full-folder-path/#findComment-587980940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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