What happened to the 'Up one folder' button in the Windows Explorer??

I use the up button and would like it back.

The breadcrumb method is a hindrance when the the location has a long folder name, which takes up the entire address bar.  If your previous location was somewhere else entirely, it's suddenly becomes awkward to use the breadcrumb system to navigate up one level.

Having a keyboard shortcut is all well and good, but I do not want to use this either, as I have to leave what I'm doing with both my hands and this is also an unwanted distraction.

Why is it not an option to enable/disable the navigate up button, as this would solve all issues rather than inconvenience the people that do use this button.

In my opinion, functionality has been removed and I'm very frustrated that it has been removed without an option to re-add it.

I am very loathed to spend a bunch of time re-adding this button manually.

Not happy at all....

This has been a pain for me also, but reading thru the responses here, it turns out there is a way to make it happen ,,... convoluted as it may be.

As some seem to have missed it , I'll sumarise.

Do your search ... rt clk on foldr/file ... clk on open folder location WHILE holding the shift key.

Voila ....  you now have the folders folder open in a new window, with the folder you want highlighted, and of course the file/folder path in the addy bar, AND you retain you search.

Again, a bit of a stuff around but it works.

Have to shake your head at why it was removed ... such a tiny simple thing that was highly effective & functional ...... bewildering.

The answer below doesn't help out as when you do a search for a file/folder, the explorer bar does not show directory list; instead it shows 'Search Results in Local Disk (c:) > [Keyword]'. Problem still unsolved...Just add the up one folder button back!!!!!!

EXACTLY!!!!

I guess this button is not necessary, since the functionality of Windows Explorer address bar was changed.

If you want to go up one folder just press on the appropriate part of the address bar. For example: If you are inside C:\Users\Default the address bar is displaying: Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Users > Default, so if you want to go UP, just press Users in the address bar.

This is NOT an answer because it only works sometimes.  After you search and you want the DIRECTORY that the item is in, it's rediculous that you have to: Right-Click->Properties-> cut-and-paste location, when simply having an "Up One Level" button made it quick and painless!!!

Biggest issue i find with the up one being removed is if you, like every person i have ever worked with, have any mapped drives, you cannot navigate up past the root of the mapped location using the remodeled explorer window.  Say i have \SERVERX\shared_for_all_FULL_ACCESS\production mapped to "I:" if i am in that location or a sub folder of that location the highest i can go without typing out \SERVERX\shared_for_all_FULL_ACCESS it to the Production folder at the "I:" location and i have to create a secondary map drive to access the one up location vs being able to click one button.  Doesn't seem like much but in an environment like mine, where we have network programs that are required to have the run folder as the root of the network mapped drive letter i have to regularly un-map drives and re-map drives to run some applications because we have used up all 26 letters, and extra map locations are valuable property. 

As stated above, use a third party application to add the function back and get the desired result.

or you can use Alt+Up arrow which is the keyboard shortcut for jumping upwards in a directory.  but the mapped location no longer works with the Alt+up-arrow method it just takes you back to computer rather than the parent folder, but does the trick for any local directory.