Quick XP questions

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

After a few years of using 2k, I decided to reformat and upgrade to XP. Just had a couple questions:

1) Is it possible to collapse directories in Windows Explorer by double-clicking them?

2) I have a second HD installed which I use for data, and it's almost full. Every 10 minutes or so a window pops up telling me I'm low on disk space and should run a disk cleanup. Is there a way to stop this from popping up? I did a google search, and all I could find was someone saying to enable disk quota management, then checking no limit for disk usage, but this hasn't worked.

Thanks.

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[Jim Boom 10+ year member]

You can compress the files, but I wouldn't it ***** ass and makes them slow. If I were you Id just delete one big or a couple small files until she quits poping up.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

yea i hated that about xp..went back to 2000 lol

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, i had the same problem with my Music HD! I just click on the balloon and as soon as it pops up...cancel it. Also, i haven't really been paying attention...but i haven't noticed it lately! So maybe after 30days or so...it just quits! Good luck, peace

NG

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

1. nope...dbl clicking a folder that is expanded on the left sideview to collapse it...didn't work for me & didn't see any option that would

2. with a registry change (haven't verified that it works though...seems like it shoud)

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

^ The registry change worked. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

I figured out how to collapse by double-clicking. Tools > Folder Options > View > Uncheck 'Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders List'

One more question - let's say I have a directory with multiple subdirectories. When I double-click on one of the subdirectories (on the right side of WE), all of them pop up underneath the main directory (on the left side of WE). How can I make it so only the subdirectory I double-clicked shows up?