How to Show or Not Show All Folders in the Windows 7 Navigation Pane

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This will show you how to set the Windows 7 Navigation pane to Show or Not Show all folders in the Folder Tree automatically. You can still manually expand the folders not shown to see them though.

EXAMPLE: Not Show All Folders in the Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting in Windows 7.

EXAMPLE: Show All Folders in the Navigation Pane

Here's How:

1. Open Folder Options, and click on the General tab. (See screenshot below)

2. To Not Show All Folders -

A) Uncheck the Show all folders box. (See screenshot above)
B) Go to step 4.

3. To Show All Folders -

A) Check the Show all folders box. (See screenshot below step 1)

4. Click on OK. (See screenshot below step 1)

That's it,

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