Submission details
Right-click on Explorer window icon does not display shell context menu anymore
In XP you could right-click the icon of an Explorer window (in the upper-left corner in the title bar of the window) to get a shell context menu of that folder. Very useful to apply some context menu operation to the CURRENTLY OPEN folder, like zipping and emailing it, or openening it with a tool like Mp3tag, etc.pp.
Of course it makes sense that there is some way to get a context menu of the currently open folder, because when it is open, chances are, you want to do something with this folder. Power users have used this A LOT.
In Win7 the situation is as follows, depending on your config:
Aero look with folder tree pane enabled: No icon, so the only way to get a shell context menu of the current folder is to search for the folder in the folder tree (waste of time) and right-click that.
Aero look with folder tree pane disabled: No way AT ALL to get a shell context menu of the current folder.
Classic look: Folder window icon is there, so you would expect that this should restore XP behaviour. No. Instead you get a useless standard window menu.
- In classic mode: Please restore XP behaviour.
- In Aero mode: Define some other spot of the UI where the user can right-click to get a shell context menu of the current folder, maybe the title bar or something like that.
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Not fixed
Discussion (5 comments)
-1. Jumplists are there for a reason.
Errm... this has absolutely NOTHING to do with jumplists.
would help if the damn image was in English
Well, can't do. But even so it should be obvious that this is the shell context menu.
ZeroSkyX wrote on January 4, 2010, 6:02pm
They just cleaned it up. Right-clicking on the icon is deprecated anyway. The biggest indication for that is: Jumplists.
I myself used to double click on the icon to close the window but due to the fact that there are a lot of apps that don't even provide the icon i think it's best to stick to the X. I think MSFT is trying to get away from the icon interaction.