Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
Windows 10 And 8.1 - Customize File Explorer
We use the Windows explorer very frequently for accessing, renaming then copying and moving files and folders and a lot more. We should think about customizing our file explorer so that not only does it look better but also so that we can have a more efficient user experience.
For more visit:
http://www.windows10.ninja
2012r2.com
Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors)
Hello again this video let's have a quick look at how to basically customize our file explorer again basically the main thing is when you open up again just click on their and you get it now the couple of ways to customize the main thing okay let's go over here to what's interview okay now if we want our customizing layouts against to start with you can expand them okay stand reduce damage able to get now you cannot was operated this one allowing the details pane or preview pane if you appreciate taking an example of the image just that one details okay romanticised version of the image and your basic details okay preview panes work where on a few different file formats so it's definitely worth having if you like to have an extra details on it again I now you also have a few options regarding the way files can mechanism navigation pane if you really want you that you can relax a and can bring back the navigation pane then you have a few options within a example expand to open folders and see what happens and that's to invest idea out now if we can see we have that lets that were getting this on as happy expanding things quite easily in your there we go in the back and and we can see where we are in the area okay the view for that would be sure all folders okay that comes up that you over your okay you can also show libraries okay that'll have any libraries that you have coming up okay and if you see the ones it is of little differently outer so that something you might want play around with based on the way you like to customise it okay you now have another thing to do and how do you want these things to be shown to them as details which shows a name date modified type size okay you can also add extra things that you want also based on the file types interviewing you can actually get a lot lot more information as well again so that's on the details thing you having icons comes amid this okay then you can obviously change the size of icons if you're into graphics et cetera you might want images to be a little bit bigger as he connects the go through your list and the calculus picture a picture of me I ne that were okay this is like a contact thing worse basically large them all at the same time you get anyone's and and tiles you have their okay list content so it's something based on preferences okay when you are viewing over here you might want locate hidden files for example if you go to stains drive straight on at okay are and then for example if you were to go anywhere near you can see ProgramData letting him for this I was thinking that you can see that there are few other options your change folder and search options based on how using it for example in the main screen okay you will have lake recently listed files and folders et cetera if you are not clear that you can happily clear that okay if you Wanna make sure it doesn't show up you can have a privacy so basically than the windows and show what you viewed previously okay you can also customise a few things over here I specific view which can files you are the your hide et cetera what a folders reset folders that's also when a helpful thing okay for search okay arm, losses you can turn off indexing done using this in searching and basically it takes a long time searching manually each time okay but if you only use search once in a while that might have some use if you want to go searching within zipfiles Files et cetera that's an option over their okay always search filenames can contents this might take several minutes for example if you are to find something that might be in a Word document or tech stock Minnesota I windows will also do that if from just restoring the defaults okay so that's the main options on the site and now we have quite a few other options under saddle look at the television quickly how to improve our searches and it wireless specialising typing in a indexing pin options open up the combat okay and then basically you can modify which areas you basically Wanna have okay sure locations okay there we go now basically you can filter and remove okay which locations you want okay in my Wanna remove things are different searching within windows of windows you are looking ProgramFilesDir that you can also add extra things that you might want as well so that's completely up to you okay you can cancel at basically click on there you can index encrypted files okay treat similar words with diacritics of different words basically like European the hats or whatever on letters okay...
Windows 10 And 8.1 - Customize File Explorer
We use the Windows explorer very frequently for accessing, renaming then copying and moving files and folders and a lot more. We should think about customizing our file explorer so that not only does it look better but also so that we can have a more efficient user experience.
For more visit:
http://www.windows10.ninja
2012r2.com
Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors)
Hello again this video let's have a quick look at how to basically customize our file explorer again basically the main thing is when you open up again just click on their and you get it now the couple of ways to customize the main thing okay let's go over here to what's interview okay now if we want our customizing layouts against to start with you can expand them okay stand reduce damage able to get now you cannot was operated this one allowing the details pane or preview pane if you appreciate taking an example of the image just that one details okay romanticised version of the image and your basic details okay preview panes work where on a few different file formats so it's definitely worth having if you like to have an extra details on it again I now you also have a few options regarding the way files can mechanism navigation pane if you really want you that you can relax a and can bring back the navigation pane then you have a few options within a example expand to open folders and see what happens and that's to invest idea out now if we can see we have that lets that were getting this on as happy expanding things quite easily in your there we go in the back and and we can see where we are in the area okay the view for that would be sure all folders okay that comes up that you over your okay you can also show libraries okay that'll have any libraries that you have coming up okay and if you see the ones it is of little differently outer so that something you might want play around with based on the way you like to customise it okay you now have another thing to do and how do you want these things to be shown to them as details which shows a name date modified type size okay you can also add extra things that you want also based on the file types interviewing you can actually get a lot lot more information as well again so that's on the details thing you having icons comes amid this okay then you can obviously change the size of icons if you're into graphics et cetera you might want images to be a little bit bigger as he connects the go through your list and the calculus picture a picture of me I ne that were okay this is like a contact thing worse basically large them all at the same time you get anyone's and and tiles you have their okay list content so it's something based on preferences okay when you are viewing over here you might want locate hidden files for example if you go to stains drive straight on at okay are and then for example if you were to go anywhere near you can see ProgramData letting him for this I was thinking that you can see that there are few other options your change folder and search options based on how using it for example in the main screen okay you will have lake recently listed files and folders et cetera if you are not clear that you can happily clear that okay if you Wanna make sure it doesn't show up you can have a privacy so basically than the windows and show what you viewed previously okay you can also customise a few things over here I specific view which can files you are the your hide et cetera what a folders reset folders that's also when a helpful thing okay for search okay arm, losses you can turn off indexing done using this in searching and basically it takes a long time searching manually each time okay but if you only use search once in a while that might have some use if you want to go searching within zipfiles Files et cetera that's an option over their okay always search filenames can contents this might take several minutes for example if you are to find something that might be in a Word document or tech stock Minnesota I windows will also do that if from just restoring the defaults okay so that's the main options on the site and now we have quite a few other options under saddle look at the television quickly how to improve our searches and it wireless specialising typing in a indexing pin options open up the combat okay and then basically you can modify which areas you basically Wanna have okay sure locations okay there we go now basically you can filter and remove okay which locations you want okay in my Wanna remove things are different searching within windows of windows you are looking ProgramFilesDir that you can also add extra things that you might want as well so that's completely up to you okay you can cancel at basically click on there you can index encrypted files okay treat similar words with diacritics of different words basically like European the hats or whatever on letters okay...
