Some computer users have trouble remembering or using the keyboard and mouse shortcuts to select multiple files and folders. Windows Vista offers an option to allow users to check boxes instead of using the keyboard/mouse combos to select multiple files. To enable this option, again in Windows Vista only, follow these steps:
- Open in folder (My Computer, Documents, Windows Explorer, etc)
- Click Organize from the menus
- Click Folder and Search Options
- Click the View tab
- Scroll through the Advanced settings and check the Use check boxes to select items option
- Click Apply
- Click OK
Watch the short 2 minute video below to see a demonstration of this feature and how to enable it.
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I got a DVD in Photoshop from the library, but when I put it into the DVD drive I don’t get any sound. I can see the picture,but need to know just what I have to do to complete this project. I have Windows XP.
Could you please help me out with thie matter.
Thanks much. Shirley
Depending on the player that is showing the DVD, you might need to adjust the players volume or undo a mute button in the player.
I have done that & all of the volume are not checked.
Sounds like you will need someone to look at that issue with you while sitting at your computer.
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It is VERY slow to select files using checkboxes! Isn’t there another way to use Vista’s Windows Explorer to select multiple files at one time??? It used to be so easy in XP Professional’s version of Explorer. Highlight the first file, move the pointer to the last file you want, left click, and viola, you’ve selected 100 of the 100’s of files a folder may contain!
You mean to tell me that Vista’s Explorer doesn’t have this basic feature???
The selection process in Vista is exactly the same as any previous version of Windows. I found this new feature to be helpful for those folks who have trouble using or remembering the keyboard/mouse combo selection techniques.