Windows 10: windows open folder to show full file names

Discus and support windows open folder to show full file names in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Most of my file names are quite long, ca 20-25 characters, with the signifiers within the folder at the end of the names. When I open a folder, only... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by CVHorie, Jul 30, 2023.

  1. CVHorie Win User

    windows open folder to show full file names


    Most of my file names are quite long, ca 20-25 characters, with the signifiers within the folder at the end of the names. When I open a folder, only the first ca 16 characters of the name are shown. How can I tell Windows to make the width of the Name column the same width as the widest file name?

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    CVHorie, Jul 30, 2023
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Jul 30, 2023
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  3. dark2099 Win User
    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    I want to be able to generate a .txt file that lists all the files and folders in a specific folder on my PC, but don't know the name of any programs that do that. Searched on google a bit and came up with this guide, but it's for XP and I can't seem to find some of the folder options to modify the .bat file. Any suggestions? Thanks

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/file_list_generator.htm

    EDIT: The .bat file will do what I want if it is in the folder I want to do it in, but the option I want to add is having the right click option that it shows.
     
    dark2099, Jul 30, 2023
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  4. TSmithNH Win User

    windows open folder to show full file names

    Show File Explorer FOLDER NAMES in Taskbar instead of PREVIEWS with truncated paths? - Windows 10

    In Windows 7 Pro, when you have more folders open than will fit in the taskbar (the folder names all get collapsed into the File Explorer icon in the taskbar) and when you click the File Explorer icon in the taskbar the list of open folder names pop up into
    a vertical menu list of folder names from which you could choose a folder.

    In Windows 10, the list of folder names has been replaced by the folder Previews which shows the beginning of the folder path (for example, C:\Users\B...) - but it does not show all of the actual open folder names unless you roll over each preview one at
    a time to see the full path with folder name. Very slow and inefficient since you can't just see the folder names all at a glance. windows open folder to show full file names :(
    I'd like to see the name of the folder that is open.

    Is there a way to show either show...

    1. The File Explorer LIST of Folder Names like in Windows 7 (instead of folder PREVIEWS of the open folders)?

    or

    2. Show the open Folder Names instead of the beginning of the path... by default (without having to roll over each preview one at a time)? I don't mind the horizontal list of Previews as long as long as I could see all the folder names at a glance in the
    title bar of each preview.

    Thanks in advance for any insights/tips.
     
    TSmithNH, Jul 30, 2023
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