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WINDOWS 11: How do I expand and show all my folders and their files in one window?

Anonymous
2024-07-16T14:27:41+00:00

I want to clean up multiple copies of the same files and folders etc by deleting or drag and drop to existing folders.

Re structuring my work PC. (question from 2012, mine is not so different, checking folders/files in different drives in WINDOWS 11)

So I want to expand each folder on a drop-down tree view to see their contents (folders + files) not needing to enter each of them to have a glance of their contents and keeping the full picture of the tree in case I have to rearrange folder locations also seeing duplicated files in the same view, since the current option I see is double click on each of my 2000 folders and not being able to easily compare the tree of files between disks (files are not shown in navigation pane) and not being able to see duplicated files since I can only see 1 folder content at a time.

NO, the navigation pane is useless to see folder content, if any.

NO, view folder content option does not show folder content in my tests.

I just want to navigate on the right pane, expanding folders on my different drives to quickly check contents and copy/move files/folders. Here is an example.

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Have a nice day

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-07-16T15:04:41+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    File Explorer in Windows does not have the ability to show the same views of the files/folders that Finder on a Mac does.

    There are some free File Manager apps that may suit your needs, some people use the free Total Commander app.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-19T19:54:34+00:00

    I appreciate the honest answer, I spent hours searching for this. I hope Windows doesn't take long to add it, if ever.

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