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Doesn't xp have a program that is an alternative
to explorer to view files and folders??

Thanks,
James
 
If you do NOT have XP SP2, you can use progman.exe. Progman.exe does not
work with SP2.

Progman.exe is Program Manager, the Windows 3.x style Program Manager.

Starting with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Program Manager was replaced by
Windows Explorer.

Start | Run | Type: progman | Click OK

Or navigate to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\progman.exe
and create a shortcut

Program Manager
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager

[[Host: Delwin (Microsoft)
Q: Why was the windows program manager from 3x days removed and replaced
with an exe that cannot be opened?
A: In XP SP2, executing progman.exe should resulting nothing happening. This
was a last-minute change before XP SP2 shipped.]]
from...
Transcript: Windows XP Service Pack 2, August 18, 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/transcripts/04august18.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Got SP2. ok.

James

Wesley Vogel said:
If you do NOT have XP SP2, you can use progman.exe. Progman.exe does not
work with SP2.

Progman.exe is Program Manager, the Windows 3.x style Program Manager.

Starting with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Program Manager was replaced
by
Windows Explorer.

Start | Run | Type: progman | Click OK

Or navigate to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\progman.exe
and create a shortcut

Program Manager
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager

[[Host: Delwin (Microsoft)
Q: Why was the windows program manager from 3x days removed and replaced
with an exe that cannot be opened?
A: In XP SP2, executing progman.exe should resulting nothing happening.
This
was a last-minute change before XP SP2 shipped.]]
from...
Transcript: Windows XP Service Pack 2, August 18, 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/transcripts/04august18.mspx

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
JamesJ said:
Doesn't xp have a program that is an alternative
to explorer to view files and folders??

Thanks,
James
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JamesJ said:
Doesn't xp have a program that is an alternative
to explorer to view files and folders??
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Perhaps you're thinking of My Computer, but that's no really a separate
program, just a particular view of Explorer.

Other than that, no. However there are several third-party choices
available.
 
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:03:03 -0500 from JamesJ
Doesn't xp have a program that is an alternative
to explorer to view files and folders??
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Not as part of XP, but you can still use good old Winfile. My copy is
copyright 1996, so it must have come with Windows 95. There's no
"common tasks" pane, and I don't see any of the special Windows
virtual folders like My Music. Depending on your perspective, that
can be a good thing. :-)
 
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:37:04 -0500 from Stan Brown
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:03:03 -0500 from JamesJ


Not as part of XP, but you can still use good old Winfile. My copy is
copyright 1996, so it must have come with Windows 95. There's no
"common tasks" pane, and I don't see any of the special Windows
virtual folders like My Music. Depending on your perspective, that
can be a good thing. :-)
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Sorry -- forgot to say that I downloaded it from some URL that was
posted here or in ...windowsxp.customize, so do a search of the
archives if you want a copy.
 
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Doesn't xp have a program that is an alternative
to explorer to view files and folders??
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Explorer XP. It is like working with WinExplorer but with some extra
features. My favorites are tabs and that it shows folder size.
www.explorerxp.com
 
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