No "Enable Web Content in Folders" Option

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Robert Haden

There is no option to "Enable Web Content in Folders" in
Windows Explorer under Tools\Folder Options\General. How
do I enable this feature? I am new to XP but am a veteran
at 95,98, NT, and 2000.

Thanks,

Robert Haden
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Its on the General tab, Use Common Tasks. Click the Folders button on the
toolbar to close the left pane in Explorer and you'll see the Common Tasks
pane, where web content is displayed.
 
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Its on the General tab, Use Common Tasks. Click the Folders button on the
toolbar to close the left pane in Explorer and you'll see the Common Tasks
pane, where web content is displayed.






.
Thanks for the reply, but what I am looking for is in the
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right pane. Under W2K, for example, the left pane would
show the folder tree and on the left side of the right
pane would be a pie chart of the drive useage and beneath
that would be a thumbnail of a photo, or a sound player
scrollbar, or a small video window depending on what file
type you had selected. The folder options included a
checkbox to 'Enable Web Content' that made all of this
possible. I want the folder tree left pane open wihle
displaying the Web content.

Thanks,

Robert Haden
 
That has been replaced by the Common Tasks pane. When you highlight "web"
content in the right pane, the details section of the left pane will display
the thumbnail/preview and other relavent info.
 
Doug, thanks for the reply, but what I am looking for is
in the
right pane. Under W2K, for example, the left pane would
show the folder tree and on the left side of the right
pane would be a pie chart of the drive useage and beneath
that would be a thumbnail of a photo, or a sound player
scrollbar, or a small video window depending on what file
type you had selected. The folder options included a
checkbox to 'Enable Web Content' that made all of this
possible. I want the folder tree left pane open wihle
displaying the Web content.

Thanks,

Robert Haden
 
I know I'm probably being a pain, but I did try your
suggestion earlier. I can get a filename.bmp file to show
a thumbnail, but when I highlight an AVI or and MPG
filename I don't get a media player in thumbnail size like
I do with W2K. I also can't navigate around very
efficiently without switching back and forth with the
folder tree. What I need for my work is the folder tree
in the left pane and the media previews in the right pane
like I have in W2K. I do work on several desktops with
W2K and I just bought this Toshiba Laptop with XP and am
really disappointed in this version of windows. Do I need
to throw XP away and install W2K to regain this
functionality?

Thanks again for your help,

Robert Haden
 
If you're referring to the old "Web View" pane in Explorer, it does not
exist in XP. You may want to try
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 17, Right column Restore
Thumbnail Views in XP. This small utility will restore thumbnail views in
Explorer, and may solve your issue with previews in the common tasks pane.
Note: some AVI and MPG files may not preview, regardless of your settings.
 
You can use you W2K files to do this. HTT will show in three pane in
Explorer in legacy mode (folder tree). The inbuilt XP ones turn off the
folder pane.

The problem is it must be set on a folder by folder basis.

The folder must be read only or system. The GUI will not show or allow you
to change this for folders. Use attrib.

There must be a file called desktop.ini in it with the following -
[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=file://Folder Settings\Serenity.htt

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262
}

Adjust the path to the htt (in C:\Windows\Web in 2000). Although 98/ME htt
will work you'll get some issues (there are magic numbers and they are
different 9x vs NT) so best to use W2K.

The final step is to reset folder settings. The above line is only read if
there are no saved settings for that folder. This is the only setting that
doesn't take immediate effect.

Tools - Folder Options - View - Reset Folder Settings (and have all windows
closed).
If you no longer have access to 2000 you can email me for a W2k/XP port of
this WinME program
www.angelfire.com/biz/serenitymacros The ME one semi works in NT, it the
same thing as with the magic numbers being different. But you still need to
follow above procedure in XP as custom htt are no longer global.
 
Thanks for the info, David. Will have to check it out :)



David Candy said:
You can use you W2K files to do this. HTT will show in three pane in
Explorer in legacy mode (folder tree). The inbuilt XP ones turn off the
folder pane.

The problem is it must be set on a folder by folder basis.

The folder must be read only or system. The GUI will not show or allow you
to change this for folders. Use attrib.

There must be a file called desktop.ini in it with the following -
[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=file://Folder Settings\Serenity.htt

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262
}

Adjust the path to the htt (in C:\Windows\Web in 2000). Although 98/ME htt
will work you'll get some issues (there are magic numbers and they are
different 9x vs NT) so best to use W2K.

The final step is to reset folder settings. The above line is only read if
there are no saved settings for that folder. This is the only setting that
doesn't take immediate effect.

Tools - Folder Options - View - Reset Folder Settings (and have all windows
closed).
If you no longer have access to 2000 you can email me for a W2k/XP port of
this WinME program
www.angelfire.com/biz/serenitymacros The ME one semi works in NT, it the
same thing as with the magic numbers being different. But you still need to
follow above procedure in XP as custom htt are no longer global.


Doug Knox MS-MVP said:
If you're referring to the old "Web View" pane in Explorer, it does not
exist in XP. You may want to try
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 17, Right column Restore
Thumbnail Views in XP. This small utility will restore thumbnail views in
Explorer, and may solve your issue with previews in the common tasks pane.
Note: some AVI and MPG files may not preview, regardless of your settings.
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