Arrrrrrrrrrrgh!

[Ed62]

I thought going from XP to Windows 7 would be a piece of cake. The file structure is pretty much the same, but I've been having nightmares trying to figure out how to drag files from a CD to the spot where I want them on the new hard drive (you don't see the structure the same way in 7). I'm making progress, but my brain is fried!! I got some done, but I'm not sure I can remember how I did it.

Ed

[RodKirby]

I know the feeling. 2 tips to start:

1. Setup a desktop shortcut with "C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\" This will give you (sort of) what you're used to seeing.

2. Learn to navigate thru the Control panel - it's ALL there.

Trust me - you will learn to LOVE Win7

[Charlie R]

Great shortcut. Thanks much.

[Stytooner]

I never really noticed much difference. I always use the folder icon beside the start button in the bottom bar. Works for me.

[jziegler]

Another useful shortcut that many don't know. If you hold the windows key and press the 'e' key, that will launch windows explorer. This works in both XP and Win 7. Something that I use multiple times most days at work.

[tommyt654]

And here I thought this was gonna be a pirate joke

[Ed62]

1. Setup a desktop shortcut with "C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\" This will give you (sort of) what you're used to seeing.

FWIW, I'm finally learning how to work through the control panel a little. But it's kinda like coming home at night, and you find out that someone moved your house three blocks away. Takes a little getting used to.


I know how to work with files in XP, but how do I create the shortcut mentioned above? Thanks for the replies.



Ed

[dbhost]

To say they moved the cheese is a bit of an understatement...

[JimD]

What I totally do not get is that software developers think it is a GOOD thing when they mess with the interface. I do not care one little bit how bored they are with the interface DO NOT MESS WITH IT! Microsoft is far from the only one that does this. I honestly think the software developers just get bored and decide to mess with things. I still HATE the menus in the 2007 version of the Microsoft Office suite. I see absolutely no advantage over the 2003 version but I have to search to find things I know where to find before. But Microsoft has such a dominant share that there is no market pressure to stop the nonsense.

Jim

[Cochese]

What I totally do not get is that software developers think it is a GOOD thing when they mess with the interface. I do not care one little bit how bored they are with the interface DO NOT MESS WITH IT! Microsoft is far from the only one that does this. I honestly think the software developers just get bored and decide to mess with things. I still HATE the menus in the 2007 version of the Microsoft Office suite. I see absolutely no advantage over the 2003 version but I have to search to find things I know where to find before. But Microsoft has such a dominant share that there is no market pressure to stop the nonsense.

Jim

A lot of that is based off of user feedback. Most people opt out of the feedback on software, but that's where these changes largely come from.

That, and they can charge more for training.

[pelligrini]

What I totally do not get is that software developers think it is a GOOD thing when they mess with the interface.

I agree, I waste a bunch of time looking for how to do things after each software 'upgrade'. I already know what to do, but someone moved everything around for the next release. MS, Autodesk, Adobe and many others seem to make things a little more difficult for me after each release.

I really think some of it is just 'move everything around so it looks like we actually did something' in order to release this years version and keep the money flowing from new licenses and upgrades.

[Ed62]

I actually think 7 has a lot to offer that XP didn't. When I finally get comfortable with it, I think I'll like it a lot. Right now I'm not loving it at all.

1. Setup a desktop shortcut with "C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\" This will give you (sort of) what you're used to seeing.

But I still don't know how to create that shortcut.

Ed

[pelligrini]

I actually think 7 has a lot to offer that XP didn't.

I think so too, but there's a lot of eyecandy and handholding that I could do without.

[LinuxRandal]

I think so too, but there's a lot of eyecandy and handholding that I could do without.

LOL

This made me think of growing up, using Wordperfect, 1.0. It took me YEARS, and I still don't a lot of the times, to start using the icons they put in word processing programs. I found it quicker to alt-f and browse to what I needed.

[pelligrini]

This made me think of growing up, using Wordperfect, 1.0. It took me YEARS, and I still don't a lot of the times, to start using the icons they put in word processing programs. I found it quicker to alt-f and browse to what I needed.

Autodesk went that route with Autocad too, icons, toolbars, ribbons, floating menus etc. It get's worse every release. I still keyboard most of my commands. I can't see all those little icons anyways.