Getting the toolbar back in WE in W-7

[Gene E. Bloch]

When I first switched this machine to W-7 I wondered about that too. I asked
here and a couple places and no one could understand what I was asking
about. They kept trying to offer other ways to do the same things that menu
does. I finally found it by lots of searching.
Recently found that you can also get the tool bar to show temporarily by
pressing the Alt. key if you for some reason do not want it to always show.
I could not understand why they "hid it" in the first place.

That's obvious: it makes for a cleaner interface.

Also a more useless interface

But to be serious, I have not turned it on permanently, and I rarely use
the Alt key anymore to bring it up. Basically, I don't miss it.

 

[DanS]

That's obvious: it makes for a cleaner interface.

Also a more useless interface

But to be serious, I have not turned it on permanently, and
I rarely use the Alt key anymore to bring it up. Basically,
I don't miss it.

I rarely use any menu items in WE (ha-ha). I think the only
one's are 'Map Network Drive' and 'Folder Options'.

It always killed me when a person would mark some files, go
all the way up to the Edit menu, click that, move down to
copy, click that. Then navigate to a different folder, go back
to the edit menu, click that, then select paste. Or to even
delete files.

 

[Nil]

It always killed me when a person would mark some files, go
all the way up to the Edit menu, click that, move down to
copy, click that. Then navigate to a different folder, go back
to the edit menu, click that, then select paste. Or to even
delete files.

I have a friend who does that - he can't not use the menus. Sometimes
he'll use the icons. I've tried to teach him the standard keyboard
shortcuts, but he won't or can't learn to use them. I've pretty much
given up trying.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I rarely use any menu items in WE (ha-ha). I think the only
one's are 'Map Network Drive' and 'Folder Options'.

Ah yes, the famous WE. Western Electric, isn't it?

It always killed me when a person would mark some files, go
all the way up to the Edit menu, click that, move down to
copy, click that. Then navigate to a different folder, go back
to the edit menu, click that, then select paste. Or to even
delete files.

It's probably intentional, to make up for not going to the gym that day.

 

[relic]

Ah yes, the famous WE. Western Electric, isn't it?

They changed their name. LU

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

They changed their name. LU

Lutetium?

LU is their stock symbol, not their name, n'est-pas?

Actually, we like LU Pétit Écolier cookies here, especially with dark
chocolate. Thanks for asking

 

[relic]

Lutetium?

LU is their stock symbol, not their name, n'est-pas?

Oui, LU would best correspond to WE. Lucent Technologies is the complete
name. AT&T spun them off as a separate company then quit buying a lot of
their product; pretty much dooming them to the scrapheap. Ironically, AT&T
went first and was bought by one of the Baby Bells.

Actually, we like LU Pétit Écolier cookies here, especially with dark
chocolate. Thanks for asking

Hmmm... you're not my daughter-in-law are you?

 

[Stan Brown]

Oui, LU would best correspond to WE. Lucent Technologies is the complete
name. AT&T spun them off as a separate company then quit buying a lot of
their product; pretty much dooming them to the scrapheap. Ironically, AT&T
went first and was bought by one of the Baby Bells.

Sort of like the UK joining the United States.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Oui, LU would best correspond to WE. Lucent Technologies is the complete
name. AT&T spun them off as a separate company then quit buying a lot of
their product; pretty much dooming them to the scrapheap. Ironically, AT&T
went first and was bought by one of the Baby Bells.

Since I didn't know what it was, I went online and found out that LU was
the stock symbol for Lucent before I posted. I sort of meant to imply
that by my cryptic remark

Interestingly, Googling for LU all by itself got the answer in the first
hit or two. I have to say the Internet is great.

I also miss Bell Labs :-(

Hmmm... you're not my daughter-in-law are you?

No, but maybe my SO is. Are you my father?

 

[relic]

Since I didn't know what it was, I went online and found out that LU was
the stock symbol for Lucent before I posted. I sort of meant to imply
that by my cryptic remark

Interestingly, Googling for LU all by itself got the answer in the first
hit or two. I have to say the Internet is great.

I also miss Bell Labs :-(

Yes, except they brought you UNIX and created the cretins that invade
Windows discussions.

No, but maybe my SO is. Are you my father?

Don't think so, but I'm probably old enough. (My D-I-L is a LU Pétit Écolier
cookie lover.)

 

[gry-lion]

"John Morrison" wrote in message

Her sheer stupidity lures everyone in, they can't believe she is really
having 400, or 500 problems that no one else has ever encountered.

I must admit I do read some threads when Valorie has posted just for my
own amusement. ;-)
--

John

I must agree with you there John.


Peter

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yes, except they brought you UNIX and created the cretins that invade
Windows discussions.

I ignore those guys, so I'm immune

Don't think so, but I'm probably old enough. (My D-I-L is a LU Pétit Écolier
cookie lover.)

You're probably not old enough. My father's 101st birthday would be this
month. If you're that old, you seem pretty sprightly

I understood what you said about your D-I-L & the cookies. I said what I
said just to follow my perverse logic: if your DIL (I prefer it without
the hyphens) & my SO both like LU cookies, my SO must be your DIL and
hence I am your son. This is a form of humor, or so I claim

My youngest brother characterizes my mother's basic logic as follows:
A implies B.
C, therefore A.

Now you know that the apple can fall pretty close to the tree.

 

[relic]

I ignore those guys, so I'm immune


You're probably not old enough. My father's 101st birthday would be this
month. If you're that old, you seem pretty sprightly

It's seldom I find that someone could be older than me... hence 'relic'.

I understood what you said about your D-I-L & the cookies. I said what I
said just to follow my perverse logic: if your DIL (I prefer it without
the hyphens) & my SO both like LU cookies, my SO must be your DIL and
hence I am your son. This is a form of humor, or so I claim

I thought that was it, just trying to confirm. (Enjoyed the humor.)

My youngest brother characterizes my mother's basic logic as follows:
A implies B.
C, therefore A.

Now you know that the apple can fall pretty close to the tree.

I see. :-D

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 16:12:48 -0700, relic wrote:

It's seldom I find that someone could be older than me... hence 'relic'.

Oh, dear. Does that mean I have to set up a nym as "Geezer"?

Nah...

Anyway, "relic" is cool as a nym.

I thought that was it, just trying to confirm. (Enjoyed the humor.)



I see. :-D

Actually, I don't use that approach. I've always been a reasonably adept
mathematician, physicist, & programmer type in school and at work.

But still, my sense of humor tends to throw a monkey wrench or a wooden
shoe into things

 

[Valorie *~]

Never heard of anyone calling Windows Explorer "WE" until now. How stupid
are you?

How stupid are you to assume everyone calls it what YOU call it? How stupid
can you get?

 

[Valorie *~]

Give it up now. NO ONE calls Windows Explorer "WE" except, evidently,
you and your friends.

WinEx, sometimes.



But you evidently did not UNDERSTAND it.

I guess not since I'm not a PC technician. I'm only a PC user. Email. Surf
the web. Work on some images..... ;-)

 

[Valorie *~]

Well as an MS Engineer for a global firm with an installed base of 140,000
machines, you're the first I've heard call "Windows Explorer" "WE".

We don't CALL it "WE" in person. "WE" is used in text, in writing, rather
than write the entire two words out. Others here figured that out but you
couldn't? Since they and myself are not MS engineers with an eletist
attitude, using "WE" in writing, we all know what it means.

 

[Valorie *~]

Yeah. When I read her post, I had a few initials of my own: "WTF is WE?"


And I believe in the 12,327,602 replies she has received, and certainly
elsewhere in this NG, the "secret" of the toolbar in Windows explorer
has been revealed to the acolytes.

I also had a WTF moment on SysRec in her recent posts, but it only took
me a moment or two to guess what she meant by that one.

Interesting that someone who hates it when people use *standard*
technical jargon seems quite willing to introduce nonstandard jargon of
her own

My friends are not MS engineers and technicians. That's the jargon we use
and all I know.

 

[Valorie *~]

Do you mean the classic style menu bar that has the File, Edit, Tools,
Help
items displayed on it?
If so, when you open Windows Explorer, do you see the "Organize" button
top
left with a small arrow head pointing downwards?
Click on the arrow which will produce a drop-down list and move down to
Layout, then move across and put a tick against Menu Bar.

Thank you. That was the information I needed.

 

[Valorie *~]

When I first switched this machine to W-7 I wondered about that too. I
asked here and a couple places and no one could understand what I was
asking about. They kept trying to offer other ways to do the same things
that menu does. I finally found it by lots of searching.
Recently found that you can also get the tool bar to show temporarily by
pressing the Alt. key if you for some reason do not want it to always
show.
I could not understand why they "hid it" in the first place.

I can't understand it either. A newbie would never find it or know such a
thing even existed there. I wonder what else may be hidden or renamed.
I'm still looking for all these so-called improvements in W-7 and haven't
found them.