02-29-2008, 02:03 PM
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 | Desi Club Badshah | | |
  Re: ~ A Tip A Day ~
29 February 2008:
Jump to a Subfolder I'm trying to get to a folder about seven layers deep, and it's a hassle to have to wait for Windows to update the display as I expand each folder. Isn't there a way to jump to a subfolder without wading through all of its parent folders?
There are a few ways to do this. The easiest is to highlight the top-level folder in the tree and press the asterisk (*) key. This will expand the selected folder, all of its subfolders, all of their subfolders, and so on. Then, type the first few letters of the target folder to jump to it. Note: Best not to use this trick on a folder with a lot of subfolders, such as the root directory or, say, Program Files. Explorer will take its sweet time reading the whole branch, which should give you a pretty good idea of why they're collapsed in the first place. As there's no way to abort the procedure, you'll be waiting quite a while before you can start navigating to any of those subfolders !
Alternatively, if you know the full path of the folder, just type it into Explorer's address bar and press Enter. Windows will even help you by filling in likely candidates as you type (see Figure ); press the down arrow key to pick a folder from the list.
Yet another shortcut is to press F3 or Ctrl-F to open the Search pane. Click the "All files and folders" link, type the folder name in the "All or part of the filename" field, and press Enter. Double-click the folder when it appears in the Search Results window to open it. |