Comments on: Get the missing ‘UP’ button in VISTA Windows Explorer

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:55:05 +0000

Yeah this “feature” of Vista drove me insane on a daily basis. Well until I bought a new mouse with 8 buttons on it, because I refuse to hit alt up to go up one level in explorer. Freaking retarded to take out a simple user interface that does this.

Although I think the absolutely worst feature of vista is the search. I stopped using it because it doesnt find a thing.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:06:13 +0000

As one who does not care for keyboard shortcuts (I already have enough crap to remember), I will be paying Mavis for the up button.

Yes, I understand how breadcrumbs “works,” and yes I realize that the interface sometimes changes. However, not including an “up” button in Windows Vista is a travesty. I use this hundreds of times a day in XP, and alt+backspace and other keyboard shortcuts are not a replacement for me. Breadcrumbs is not a replacement, as each click is not in a consistent place and requires too much thinking when I just wish to go up a level.

Also, having the toolbar of Windows Explorer locked down is just asinine. Please change this back to something sensible.

Lack of an Up button and the inflexibility of Vista is what is keeping my company from upgrading to Vista, btw. I am sure this is true for many companies.

By: Silki

Silki — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:08:03 +0000

Yes Maldova,
That’s what many of us do. And that’s why I mentioned it in the last in post.

By: Moldova

Moldova — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:05:13 +0000

If I would need to go up one level in my windows explorer I would use the ALT + Up Arrow Key rather than paying $5 for the Up button to be installed in my windows explorer.