Skulltrail-old Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So I'm a student aide at my high school and today during B3 (third period on a B day), I was doing a favor for a teacher on her HP tablet. Apparantly only teachers are supposed to have Windows Vista Basic yet I do too. While on her computer uploading some of the finished worked she asked me to do, I noticed that there are checkboxes everywhere in the GUI. I didn't know what they did or what to do with them so I didn't bother experimenting. Sorry but I don't have a screenshot, hoping you guys could figure it out for me based on my horrible description. The checkboxes are next to files. And I'm assuming you can just click on the check boxes the same you can CTRL+click on certain files. Thanks for the help. Ohh, and I'm running on Vista HP SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_n Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I'm not on one of my Vista machines at the moment, but I do believe that it's under Organize -> Folder and Layout Options. Somewhere in that dialog should be an option to use checkboxes for selection. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 It's in folder options.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted September 23, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 23, 2008 Yeah thats correct, you can select files along the left =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohammad_Khalid_Hussain Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Its under Folder and Search Options: "Use check boxes to select items" EDIT: Forgot to refresh the page and was beaten to it with a better explanation :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulltrail-old Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Thanks guys. Gotta love this site. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Note that the feature is supposedly there for tablet PCs, it makes selecting files easier with a stylus. Off-topic: What do mean by "only teachers are supposed to have Windows Vista Home Basic?" Are the laptops at your school given to the teachers by the school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Note that the feature is supposedly there for tablet PCs, it makes selecting files easier with a stylus. I have it on my desktop, and its super easy to select multiple files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I have it on my desktop, and its super easy to select multiple files I used to have it turned on on my desktop and laptop, but later turned it off as it's easier to just hold the Ctrl and/or Shift keys for selecting multiple files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 ^ +1. CTRL is now a habit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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