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Restore button.) This mode takes over the entire screen and hides the title bar, menu bar,
status bar, address bar, and search bar. To work with the address bar or search bar, move
your mouse pointer to the top of the screen. To restore the window, either press F11 again
or display the address bar and search bar and then click the Full Screen button (which is
to the right of the Search box).
Exploring the View Options
Windows Explorer’s view boasts a large number of customization options that you need to
be familiar with. To see these options, you have two choices:
. In Windows Explorer, select Organize, Folder and Search Options (or Tools, Folder
Options if you have the menu bar displayed).
. Click Start, type
folder, and then press Enter to select the Folder Options item in
the search results.
Either way, the view options can be found, appropriately enough, on the View tab of the
Folder Options dialog box, as shown in Figure 1.6.
CHAPTER 1 Customizing Windows Explorer
Here’s a complete list of the various items in the Advanced Settings list:
. Always Show Icons, Never Thumbnails—Activate this check box to prevent
Windows Explorer from displaying file thumbnails. This can speed up the display of
some folders that are heavy on pictures and other “thumbnail-able” file types.
FIGURE 1.6 The View tab has quite a few options for customizing Windows Explorer.