How to set up the resource manager of Win8.1 system
1. Top-level customization to free up resource window space
Perhaps you have noticed that in the upper left corner of the title bar of Windows 8.1 Explorer window, there is "property" And the “New Folder" two buttons make the operation very convenient. In fact, we can also place more buttons here. Click “Customize Quick Access Toolbar” small triangle icon, in the pop-up drop-down menu, you can select “rename”,“delete”,“restore”,“cancel” File manipulation commands (Figure 1), they are also added to the title bar.
However, the system defaults to the optional "Custom Quick Access Toolbar" project is limited, what if you want to add more file operation commands to the title bar? In fact, just the command in the ribbon panel Or right click on the command group and select “Add to the Quick Access Toolbar”
In this way, we can use the Ctrl+F1 shortcut to hide the Explorer panel at any time, and only use the file operation button on the title bar to manipulate the file. Hiding all the extra panels and components will leave more room for the resource management window to display more file lists.
Tips: The path is also topped The title is clear at a glance
If we need to know the absolute path of the file we are working on, we often need to view it through the file properties window. If you click the “View” tab in the File Explorer window, then click “Options", select "Open path" in the title bar in the "Folder Options" window that opens [” Item, after the title bar at the top of the Explorer window, always shows the full path of the current file.
2. Add plugins Multi-tab management files
You may know the multi-tab features of popular web browsers, such as the multi-tab function of Google Chrome or 360 Secure Browser. If you can use the multi-tag function in Windows Explorer, the comparison and switching between folders is much more convenient. In fact, as early as Windows XP, there have been many multi-label browsers (such as TC, MDIE, etc.) that can replace Windows Explorer, but these need to be independent of Windows Explorer.
In fact, as long as you add a multi-label extension similar to a web browser to the resource manager, you can easily switch between file groups. Download a resource manager extension called Clover 3 from http://cn.ejie.me/official website. After installation, you can display multi-label pages in the Windows 8.1 Explorer window (Figure 2).
Tip:
When installing, Clover will be falsely reported by some anti-virus software. Please feel free to use.
3. Right-click menu Optimize the rules and make it lighter
The right-click menu brings convenience to the file operations in the Explorer. However, when there are more software installed, the right-click menu will show confusion. For example, when you have two or three decompression software installed on your computer, there are a lot of commands for compression and decompression. At this point, we need to regularize the right-click menu to make them more space-saving.
Taking WinRAR, Good Pressure and 360 Compression in the computer as an example, just under WinRAR, the setting window of the pressure, "Comprehensive", select "Laminate right-click context menu" (Figure 3) In the 360 compression settings window, under the "General" page, select the "Layer right-click context menu" to fold the right-click commands of all compression software, which can greatly free up the space occupied by the mail menu.
For some right-click menu items that are not used or not used at all, you can use CCleaner, Glary Utilities and other system optimization tools to remove their display in the right-click menu.
4. Information Enhanced Folder Size Full Display
Windows 8.1 File Explorer file list can only display the file size. If we want to know the size of each folder, we can only use the right mouse button. The property menu to understand, it is more troublesome to operate. At this time, we can solve it with the help of a small plug-in Folder Size.
Folder Size supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 operating system (including 32-bit and 64-bit). After the software is installed, when we browse the folder in Explorer, it will be on the right side of the Explorer window. , a window that displays a list of folder sizes in parallel (Figure 4).
Tips:
Through the system tray program icon right-click menu, you can select Show Folder Size popups to open the Explorer folder size display window. In addition, because this program takes up less memory, if you often want to view the folder size Please keep the selection of the Start on Windows startup option in the menu to enable it to run automatically.
5. Don't downgrade Operation feels back to the past
Users who are used to Windows 7 may not be accustomed to the Windows 8.1 resource management interface, so many people return to the old version after trial. In fact, just use a small tool software OldNewExplorer to set up, Windows 8.1 file resource management interface will soon become Windows 7 style.
Run the software, you will see 4 options, check these options, respectively, can change the drive grouping into Windows 7 classic mode, enable the library folder and hide the 6 folders of Windows 8.1, hide The Windows 8.1 ribbon panel replaces the Windows 7 style command bar with the details panel and status bar at the bottom of the window (Figure 5).