Where they returned on Windows 8. I haven't seen it! Would be great!
I have Windows 8.1 and it is definitely there. 8.1 is free if you have 8. Just Google it. :)
What happened to the 'Up one folder' button in the Windows Explorer??
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Starting with Windows Vista, the 'up one folder level' button has been removed!! I found this button to be HIGHLY useful and am VERY disappointed it is not there any more... This has drastically slowed down my production speeds!
In the following image from Windows XP Explorer, near the top right between the 'Back/Forward' buttons and the 'Search' button, you see a folder with a green arrow pointing up. Clicking that button makes the Windows Explorer go "up one folder level" bringing you to the parent folder of your current location:
http://www.daleisphere.com/wp-content/uploads/windows-xp-windows-explorer-folders-view.jpg
In the next image from Windows 7 Explorer, you can see that the 'up one folder level' button has been removed:
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/win7/win7_m3_explorer_01.jpg
Is there any way at all to get that button back PLEASE? This will drastically improve my production speeds...
(Whenever I click a 'browse for file' button in Windows 7, the explorer starts at the last folder I was looking at and I often just want to go one or 2 folder levels higher than that, but the only way to get there is to start completely at the beginning from the C: drive and navigate through all the folders to get there which can get VERY time consuming since I find myself browsing for folders 50 times/day simply cuz the 'up one folder' button is missing...)
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Anonymous
2015-04-18T01:35:58+00:00 and how do they know who I am and where I live? could it be windows? designed in a way to allow secret access, or tracking that wasn't possible with xp? you are the idiot who's lost in the "social network" (the eye in the sky).
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2015-04-19T13:02:59+00:00 Be careful Jana. Don't anger the secret masters. If they realize you know about their secret, invisible, flying, solid gold Windows 7 spy headquarters they will send their unicorn robots to steal your tinfoil shoes and then their mind robbing earthquake rays can get through the soles of your feet and will corrupt your chi chakras turning you into one of their men in black to harass and control other people who chafe at the yoke of oppression of the grey aliens who control the UN black helicopters.
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Anonymous
2015-04-19T14:54:59+00:00 Starting with Windows Vista, the 'up one folder level' button has been removed!! I found this button to be HIGHLY useful and am VERY disappointed it is not there any more... This has drastically slowed down my production speeds!
The shortcut key combination [Alt] and [↑] works in Windows 7 and later and carries out the same function.
Button wise you can click within Windows explorer to get 1 up, 2 up, 3 up, 4 up, ...
Windows explorer in Windows 7 is far superior to that of Windows XP. Its slightly improved in Windows 8.1 again but the usability gains in Windows 8.1 are overshadowed by the overall usability loss due to the Metro interface. Windows explorer in Windows 10 should have the advantages of Windows 8.1 without the losses and a few other gains.
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Anonymous
2015-04-23T17:54:20+00:00 This doesn't work with searches within Explorer. And in my opinion, it's also an inconvenient way to go up a folder and not as user-friendly as the classic 'one up' button.