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Windows 7 - How to stop full path being displayed in Explorer taskbar?

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Mar 15, 20267943 views
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Just went from XP to 7 and set my taskbar to show window titles. Problem is that explorer windows display the full path now, like "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\stuff" instead of just "stuff". I end up with a bunch of things in the taskbar that just say "C:\Users\Administrat..." which makes it har…

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Fix for: Windows 7 - How to stop full path being displayed in Explorer taskbar?

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Will this option do what you want? Click Tools -> Folder options -> View tab (if you don't see Tools in your explorer window you can press F10)

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