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XP's Auto-Expanding Trees

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  • 05-04-2004 9:10pm
    #1
    Fidelis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭


    Found this site after googling for a bit. It explains how to stop XP from automatically expanding trees on the left hand side of Explorer when you click on a folder. I found it slightly annoying when the folders automatically expanded, thought some of you might find it useful!

    in regedit, go to:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
    "FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000

    ...and then modify the value data from "1" to "0".


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    #2
    gmt
    Registered Users Posts: 236 ✭✭gmt


    You can also change that in

    Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> untick "Display Simple Folder View In Explorer's Folder View"

    without editing the registry.


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    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Yep that's the first thing I change on a fresh XP install... even before I've gotten video drivers installed.
    D:


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    #4
    Fidelis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭Fidelis


    Oh I didn't realise you could change it normally, cheers!

    Thought you were dead, Santa... weh ;)


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