When browsing folders, can I open a selected folder in its own window?

Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
has become a significant nuisance lately:

In Folder Options I can choose to either
(1) Open each folder in the same window or
(2) Open each folder in its own window.

Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there any
simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or two
(say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?

Give things like, holding down the Ctrl key, or Shift, or Windows Key when
clicking on the folder. This is just a wild guess.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"ggull" <ggullNOSPAMONI@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
> has become a significant nuisance lately:
>
> In Folder Options I can choose to either
> (1) Open each folder in the same window or
> (2) Open each folder in its own window.
>
> Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there
> any simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or
> two (say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
>

You know, before posting I had tried a bunch of these
keystroke-combination-like actions. But I went back and tried again,
thought I'd done them all, including right clicks, and then had an
inspiration.
<ctrl> <Double Click> is the magic combo ... i.e. hold down Ctrl, then
double click on the folder and it pops up in a separate window.
For some reason I'd been assuming that the combo would act like a keystroke
combo, not needing the extra click.

Thanks for the inspiration :-)

"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message
news:4bednS00yc9YfLjVnZ2dnUVZ_siknZ2d@palinacquisi tion...
> Give things like, holding down the Ctrl key, or Shift, or Windows Key when
> clicking on the folder. This is just a wild guess.
>
>
> --
> Don
> Vancouver, USA
>
>
> "ggull" <ggullNOSPAMONI@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23TdDOZssIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
>> has become a significant nuisance lately:
>>
>> In Folder Options I can choose to either
>> (1) Open each folder in the same window or
>> (2) Open each folder in its own window.
>>
>> Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there
>> any simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or
>> two (say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
>>
>
>

Amazing! Bill's gang thought of everything.... well, almost.

Take care.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"ggull" <ggullNOSPAMONI@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%233oQxctsIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You know, before posting I had tried a bunch of these
> keystroke-combination-like actions. But I went back and tried again,
> thought I'd done them all, including right clicks, and then had an
> inspiration.
> <ctrl> <Double Click> is the magic combo ... i.e. hold down Ctrl, then
> double click on the folder and it pops up in a separate window.
> For some reason I'd been assuming that the combo would act like a
> keystroke combo, not needing the extra click.
>
> Thanks for the inspiration :-)
>
> "Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message
> news:4bednS00yc9YfLjVnZ2dnUVZ_siknZ2d@palinacquisi tion...
>> Give things like, holding down the Ctrl key, or Shift, or Windows Key
>> when clicking on the folder. This is just a wild guess.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don
>> Vancouver, USA
>>
>>
>> "ggull" <ggullNOSPAMONI@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23TdDOZssIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years
>>> and has become a significant nuisance lately:
>>>
>>> In Folder Options I can choose to either
>>> (1) Open each folder in the same window or
>>> (2) Open each folder in its own window.
>>>
>>> Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there
>>> any simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or
>>> two (say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"ggull" wrote in <news:#TdDOZssIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:

> Sorry for the dumb question, but this has been bothering me for years and
> has become a significant nuisance lately:
>
> In Folder Options I can choose to either
> (1) Open each folder in the same window or
> (2) Open each folder in its own window.
>
> Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there any
> simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or two
> (say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?

Right-click on the folder and select Explore or Open.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
> "ggull" wrote :
<snip>
>> In Folder Options I can choose to either
>> (1) Open each folder in the same window or
>> (2) Open each folder in its own window.
>>
>> Mostly I prefer to navigate using (1), in a single window. But is there
>> any
>> simple way to then spawn a new window(s) for a particular folder or two
>> (say I want to compare the contents of two folders side by side)?
>
> Right-click on the folder and select Explore or Open.

<Right-click, Open> has the same effect as a simple double-click. It does
whatever is selected in Folder Options, which is what I'm trying to get
around.

<Right-click, Explore> does spawn a second window. Thanks.
It's the double-pane style window, but I can work with that or just
eliminate the left panel (directory tree structure). I could probably do at
least much of what I want within the Explorer window alone. Always nice to
have a second option, but the Ctrl-double-click found with Don's help seems
a bit more direct, at least to my mind.