EXPLORER BAR

Explorer Bar contains some useful tools which help us to work with icons contained within the current folder. This bar is divided into three categories, viz.,

• File and Folder Tasks
• Other Places
• Details

File and Folder Tasks :This allows you to work on files and folders. You can make a new folder, share the folder among a group of users and so on. Also, File and Folder Tasks is context-sensitive. i.e., it depends on what folder you choose.

Other Places :This helps you to switch over to other folders.

Details :This provides some details about the open folder.

Just click anywhere on the caption of any of these categories to see how it collapses/expands. Also, try to navigate to other folders by means of the Address Bar by clicking on the down arrow there.

File and Folder Views

Windows Explorer gives us an option to view the files/folders in different ways. To check how it works, click on the Views button in the toolbar and play around with the different views enlisted there.

Icons View :The Icons View shows the file/folder's icon and its name only.

Tiles View :This view is almost similar to Icons View except that the file icons will have some extra information displayed like the type of file, size of file etc.

Thumbnails View :In this view, the documents that contain pictures are displayed as minimized pictures rather than as icons.

Filmstrip View :This view is available only in folders that contain pictures. When you click or point to a picture, an enlarged copy of the picture appears in preview area.

List View :This view retains the small icons but displays the files and folders one below the other in columns.

Details View :This view displays details like file size, type, last modified date and time along with file names and small icons.