When browsing folders, can I open a selected folder in its own window?

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ggull

Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
has become a significant nuisance lately:

In Folder Options I can choose to either
(1) Open each folder in the same window or
(2) Open each folder in its own window.

Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there any
simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or two
(say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
 
You know, before posting I had tried a bunch of these
keystroke-combination-like actions. But I went back and tried again,
thought I'd done them all, including right clicks, and then had an
inspiration.
<ctrl> <Double Click> is the magic combo ... i.e. hold down Ctrl, then
double click on the folder and it pops up in a separate window.
For some reason I'd been assuming that the combo would act like a keystroke
combo, not needing the extra click.

Thanks for the inspiration :-)
 
ggull" wrote in said:
Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
has become a significant nuisance lately:

In Folder Options I can choose to either
(1) Open each folder in the same window or
(2) Open each folder in its own window.

Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there any
simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or two
(say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
Click to expand...

Right-click on the folder and select Explore or Open.
 
VanguardLH said:
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Right-click on the folder and select Explore or Open.
Click to expand...

<Right-click, Open> has the same effect as a simple double-click. It does
whatever is selected in Folder Options, which is what I'm trying to get
around.

<Right-click, Explore> does spawn a second window. Thanks.
It's the double-pane style window, but I can work with that or just
eliminate the left panel (directory tree structure). I could probably do at
least much of what I want within the Explorer window alone. Always nice to
have a second option, but the Ctrl-double-click found with Don's help seems
a bit more direct, at least to my mind.
 
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