14 January 2009

Windows Explorer Tip - How To Open Parent Folder In A New Window[Windows XP]

by Gopinath on Jan.14, 2009 @ 8:44 PM IST, under Microsoft.

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Ever wanted to open parent folder of the current Explorer Window in a new popup? Just hold CTRL key and click on the Up Icon to popup a new window with parent folder content for browsing.

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This is tips works in Windows XP only as Windows Vista does not have an Up Icon(but has a shortcut to navigate to parent folder)

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2 Responses to “Windows Explorer Tip - How To Open Parent Folder In A New Window[Windows XP]”

Vijay on January 15th, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

Excellent tip.
HGPF on April 15th, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

Not that I’m totally impressed, but this is more than I expected when I found a link on Digg telling that the info here is quite decent. Thanks.