There is an open source project called ClassicShell that can give you that UP button and some other more familiar Explorer experience. It is not necessary to install the classic start menu to use this tool.
http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
-Noel
Windows Explorer Forward/Back Buttons
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Anonymous
Hello, I'm looking for a way to make the Windows 7 "back" and "forward" buttons in the top left of the windowcontinue to work even when you have "Open Each Folder in a new window" enabled. Either so that when you press the "back" button it tabs to the previous window you had open, or so that it goes back to that folder anyway. Alternatively, I'd even be okay with a way to put the old go-up-a-folder button up there. As it is, when I open a folder by double clicking on it basically those buttons are worthless since I open each folder in a new window. Any ideas? Blessings.
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