Under Windows XP, if I open up My Computer, I can go to the View
menu, Select the Toolbars option and toggle on or off the key
elements:
Standard Buttons
Address Bar
Links
I can't seem to find a way to do that in Vista.
Also, the order of elements is changed in Vista and I can't find
a way to alter that.
Is there any way to accomplish these tasks so that I can make the
interface closer to that of Windows XP?
Vista has the address bar at the top of dialogs / folders. It
also has a different "green stripe" type of button bar just below
that. It has listed items like these: "Organized, Views, System
Properties", etc.
I'd like to be able to enable the File Menu (I know how to do
that) and then Toggle Off the Address bar that resides at the
very top and that "Green Stripe Button Bar" as well.
I would also like to be able to change the location / order of
all of these elements if possible.
Are there any settings in Vista that can give me the look I'm
after? Registry edits? Third party "Tweak" tools?
I found one tip that lets you move the address bar for IE 7 so it
is below the File menu, but that's about it. I can't seem to
find a way to relocate the Command Bar in IE 7 so it isn't on the
same line as the Tabs. I'd like to be able to move the Links bar
just above the Tabs bar.
So, I guess I'm asking for some help in trying to alter the Vista
defaults in order to make it look and function more like XP, at
least for a while as I learn the Vista interface.
I'd appreciate any helpful tips you can provide.
Thank you.
I do not like the Address Bar on top, and I don't like the
changing look and functionality of items in the "button bar"
(that green stripe with things like "Organized, Views, System
Properties", etc.
The address bar at the top serves more than one function - It's
almost like a directory tree but horizontal in that address bar
space instead of an explorer like "Expand / Collapse" tree on the
left side of the dialog.
I really do wish that the interface was more customizable. I
would like to be able to set the order of elements in that
interface, and toggle any of those elements on or off as I wish.
Having these changes in place and then realizing that you lost a
lot of the customizability that you had in XP - well, it gets
kind of annoying.
Anyway, thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.
[Quoted Text] > it will be Vista SP3, but they will revice UAC, add touch
> screen support, fix some bugs, call it Windows 7 and charge
> for it.
>
> "DudeBoyz" <dudeboyz[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ehiHc$daJHA.4684[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I'm curious if Windows 7 is going to be similar to Vista in
>> terms dialog box layout, GUI characteristics, etc.
>>
>> Or is it going to be changed (like how XP differed from Win
>> 98 SE, for example.)
>>
>> Thanks
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