Lapis the Nevrean

@lapisnev

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Things that make you go 🤌. Weird computer stuff. Artist and general creative type. Occasionally funny. Gentoo on main. I play rhythm games!

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Lapis the Nevrean @lapisnev4/27/2023, 5:53 PM

On my work laptop running Windows 10, I just... don't know how to open an Explorer window? I click on a folder on my desktop to get Explorer to open and then use the sidebar to go where I was really headed. This makes the most sense to me. I have no idea how to navigate directly to the USB drive I just plugged in so I can open a program by clicking on the file I want to edit. My brain really really wants to click on My Computer.

I don't mind the appification of everything per se. It has a time and place and it's great for a personal device where I just want to interact with music and videos and websites. But the way I use a work computer, I rarely want to open an app up-front other than a browser and terminal. Very little of my data is in a cloud where I really must open an app to reach it. I know where the file I want to edit lives. Let me get to it.

#windows explorer #windows 10

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AtomD @AtomD4/27/2023, 5:57 PM

Woah, is file explorer not pinned to the taskbar by default? Thank you to my past self for doing that, I guess.

Lapis the Nevrean @lapisnev4/27/2023, 5:59 PM

It's there, but I keep forgetting it's there and stumble around in the start screen instead...

AtomD @AtomD4/27/2023, 6:07 PM

A shortcut with the Windows 95 icon that opens explorer.exe I created a shortcut to explorer.exe called My Computer, changed the icon to the Win 95 My Computer Icon and pinned it

ꙮ tatybara ꙮ @tati4/27/2023, 5:58 PM

btw win+e opens an explorer window if you like hotkeys

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