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Open any folder icon as a two-paned  window with a navigation tree

Did you know you can open any folder icon as a two-paned

window with a navigation tree? Just right-click on the

folder and choose Explore. You can launch any folder as an

Explorer window by holding down the Shift key and

double-clicking on the folder. If you really just prefer the

two-paned Explorer windows, you can make that type of window

open by default: Open any folder and choose View/Options

(or Folder Options under IE4/IE5/Win98/NT). Choose the File

Types tab. Select Folder and click on Edit. Under Actions,

highlight Explore. Click on Set Default. The Explore entry

becomes bold, making it the default operation for a

double-click. If you want to reverse the setting, follow

the same steps, but highlight Open instead of Explore.