Displaying the File Path

Select View/Options and click on the View tab. The dialog box shown below will appear.

• Look at the third option from the top. This allows you to Display the full path in the title bar. This option lets you show the full list of files from the C (or A, or H etc) drive to the folder you are in now.
• Deselect this option (there should be no black dot next to it).
• Click on Apply and then OK.
• Open the C drive icon.
• Look at the title bar. It should say {C:}
• Open the Winnt folder.
• Look at the title bar. It should say Winnt.
• Return to the My Computer window (use the Up One Level button).

Select View/Options/View.

• Select the option Display the full MS-DOS path in the title bar.
• Click on Apply and then OK.
• Open the C drive icon.
• Look at the title bar. It should say C:\.
• Open the Winnt folder.
• Look at the title bar. It should say C:\Winnt.
• Open the Profiles folder.
• Look at the title bar. It should say C:\Winnt\Profiles.

With this option selected, your title bar is showing you all the folders you opened to get to where you are looking at. This list of folders (e.g. C:\Winnt\Profiles) is called a path.

When this option is not selected, the title bar only shows the name of the current folder you are looking at.

• Return to the My Computer window (use the Up One Level button).