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Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

Microsoft has released insider preview build 17618 that includes tabs in File Explorer as part of its Sets feature. Bleeping Computer reports: Windows 10 Sets is an upcoming feature where you can group documents and apps into one tabbed window that are related to the particular task at hand. This feature was released for testing to a small controlled group of insiders in Insider Preview Build 17063 and was subsequently removed after the test. With build 17618, Sets are back and with it come tabs in File Explorer. You can now open different folders in the same File Explorer window with each one having their own tabs. This way one File Explorer window can have a tab for the pictures folder, a tab for the documents folder, and a tab for your documents, which you can easily switch between. If you look closely, though, the Sets feature does more than just allow you to have different tabs for different folders, but also allows you to add applications as a tab in File Explorer. According to Microsoft, in addition to File Explorer, Notepad, Command Prompt, and Powershell are also getting tabbed support.

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  1. How about fucking FOLDER SIZES microsoft? by SensitiveMale · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Every other file manager has it.

    1. Re:How about fucking FOLDER SIZES microsoft? by sexconker · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Every other file manager has it.

      Nah, that would just further expose the fact that Windows Explorer is fundamentally broken and isn't even aware enough to handle the various links in NTFS properly.

      For example, in Windows Vista and 7, you've got the dreaded WinSxS folder, which stands for "Windows Side by Side". This folder basically stores copies of every version of every library/etc. that's been installed on your system. It grows in size forever. Don't worry, though - MS says it's just REPORTING that large size, but not actually USING it, because while there are many duplicate copies of files in there, they're only hard links.

      Of course, since Explorer and the rest of the OS (including dir) are unaware of the hard links, everything reports the hard links as being copies and the effect is your hard drive runs out of usable space even though it's not actually filling up.

    2. Re:How about fucking FOLDER SIZES microsoft? by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And now we won't have to install one more program just to have it. I don't know what you're thinking, but this is good news for users.

      Remember though, each Windows update also destroys functionality from at least one program as well, so its a wash.

      --
      The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  2. Re:Just a reminder: by paulpach · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Also, web browsers, which are at least theoretically the same thing.

    This is not the same thing at all.

    If you look at their video here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    You can see that they can have completely different applications in the tabs. In one tab you can have a word processor, in another a command prompt and in another a web browser, all in the same window.

    Sure, it is obviously inspired by browsers, but this improves upon that by having more than just browsers together.

    Neither my mac or my linux box can do that. There is innovation here.