Solved Tabs in File Explorer

The-Hive · Mar 12, 2022

Edwin said:
Well, this is stupid...,
doesn't matter what tab you're on, clicking on + Add new tab simply opens a duplicate of the farthest right tab, over and over...

View attachment 24073

It is still experimental and very buggy

Winuser · Mar 12, 2022

Edwin said:
I'm not sure which is worse!!!

I'll flip a coin and see which one wins.

Edwin · Mar 12, 2022

Stormforce said:
Tried that and this is the result
"temp 2" is the folder containing
the files Albacore.WiVe.dll & ViVeTool.exe

I don't know what folder path the OP's got goin there, but it doesn't look right!
The Vive folder has to reside on C: or it won't work.

Edwin · Mar 12, 2022

The-Hive said:
It is still experimental and very buggy

Yuppers!

The-Hive · Mar 12, 2022

@Edwin a bit like win 11 then :ROFLMAO:

Edwin · Mar 12, 2022

The-Hive said:
@Edwin a bit like win 11 then

Yeah! Might as well keep it consistent! :wink:

Stormforce · Mar 13, 2022

Tried everything it don't work so I have given up
thanks for all your suggestions and help

Edwin · Mar 13, 2022

Stormforce said:
Tried everything it don't work so I have given up
thanks for all your suggestions and help

You're not missin much! Perhaps it'll show up in a forthcoming Build!

Dch48 · Mar 13, 2022

Stormforce said:
Tried everything it don't work so I have given up
thanks for all your suggestions and help

Are you using the developer build from the Insider program? It doesn't work in the current release version.

The-Hive · Mar 13, 2022

It will only work in the Dev build 22752.1 not the Release version
To be honest it's not worth bothering with yet, too buggy

BunnyJ · Mar 13, 2022

The-Hive said:
It will only work in the Dev build 22752.1 not the Release version
To be honest it's not worth bothering with yet, too buggy

Mine works but it needs more developing I think

Winuser · Mar 13, 2022

BunnyJ said:
Mine works but it needs more developing I think

I'm going to wait until MS decides to release it for testing. Until then I'm happy with the MS Store app Files.

BunnyJ · Mar 13, 2022

Winuser said:
I'm going to wait until MS decides to release it for testing. Until then I'm happy with the MS Store app Files.

I have that too and I like it

CornishRattler · Mar 13, 2022

I've never really thought much about the files app in MS store. Just grabbed it and thought why I didn't grab it ages ago, it's a revelation over the native one

Whackbag · Mar 13, 2022

ViveTool GUI is absolutely a thing now.
GitHub - PeterStrick/ViVeTool-GUI: Windows Feature Control GUI based on ViVe / ViVeTool

But i would stick with regular ViveTool for time being...your syntax failed bc you tried to change directory to two different drives, or if the folder name is D then : can't be part of it as : is an invalid character for naming things. Just grab regular ViveTool Release ViveTool v0.2.1 · thebookisclosed/ViVe and extract it wherever you want...mine is in my downloads folder.

Now open cmd (or terminal) as admin and cd to the directory with vivetool in it....and then add the config command for the feature you want.

Reboot and you should now have tabs...restarting explorer didn't work for me, had to reboot for them to show up.

Winuser · Mar 13, 2022

CornishRattler said:
I've never really thought much about the files app in MS store. Just grabbed it and thought why I didn't grab it ages ago, it's a revelation over the native one

Every time I think about this, I find myself shaking my head. While MS is more concerned about new emojis and desktop stickers, 3rd party software companies are providing us with the software to help us make Windows 11 the way we want it. We have a saying at work, There's something wrong with this picture. :)

Winuser · Mar 13, 2022

Whackbag said:
ViveTool GUI is absolutely a thing now.
GitHub - PeterStrick/ViVeTool-GUI: Windows Feature Control GUI based on ViVe / ViVeTool

But i would stick with regular ViveTool for time being...your syntax failed bc you tried to change directory to two different drives, or if the folder name is D then : can't be part of it as : is an invalid character for naming things. Just grab regular ViveTool Release ViveTool v0.2.1 · thebookisclosed/ViVe and extract it wherever you want...mine is in my downloads folder.

Now open cmd (or terminal) as admin and cd to the directory with vivetool in it....and then add the config command for the feature you want.

Reboot and you should now have tabs...restarting explorer didn't work for me, had to reboot for them to show up.

I saw that earlier today when I was looking up the latest release of ViveTool. I wonder if it's upto date or a few versions behind.

Stigg · Apr 8, 2022

Tabs are finally coming to Window 11 File Explorer.

Microsoft Confirms Tabs Coming to Windows 11 File Explorer - ExtremeTech

Microsoft is delivering a long-desired feature with the addition of tabs in Windows File Explorer. This should make file copies easier.

www.extremetech.com

cereberus · Apr 8, 2022

Stigg said:
Tabs are finally coming to Window 11 File Explorer.

Microsoft Confirms Tabs Coming to Windows 11 File Explorer - ExtremeTech

Microsoft is delivering a long-desired feature with the addition of tabs in Windows File Explorer. This should make file copies easier.

www.extremetech.com

Well the Insider evidence does not support this. It is nowhere to be seen in last couple of builds Article is based on speculation as it was seen briefly in a Dev build. MS clearly state features in Dev may not see it to Release.

As Beta and Dev are aligned at the moment, and no sign of tabs, the logical conclusion is tabs will not be in next release unless MS surprise us.

Stigg · Apr 8, 2022

cereberus said:
Well the Insider evidence does not support this. It is nowhere to be seen in last couple of builds Article is based on speculation as it was seen briefly in a Dev build. MS clearly state features in Dev may not see it to Release.

As Beta and Dev are aligned at the moment, and no sign of tabs, the logical conclusion is tabs will not be in next release unless MS surprise us.

You may be right, but there are numerous articles making the claim. I guess time will tell.

An excerpt from the following article.

Tabs in File Explorer: This is a hidden feature in the latest Windows 11 Insider builds, but Microsoft made it official today. File Explorer tabs have been a popular request, and they should really make it easier to multitask.

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/265250/windows-11-is-getting-file-explorer-tabs-and-more-new-features