K2 Tech Update | Tech Tip
Using Check Boxes To Select Items In Windows 7 And Windows Vista
By default, in both Windows 7 and Windows Vista, to select multiple items in a folder, users must use a combination of the CTRL key and mouse clicks or the SHIFT key and mouse clicks. Fortunately, in both operating systems, you can enable a little-known tweak that makes selecting multiple files or folders as simple as checking boxes, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 - Check Boxes Enabled In Windows 7
To activate this setting, click the Start button and type in “folder options” in the Search programs and files box.
Figure 2 - Choosing Folder Options
Next, click Folder Options from the window shown in Figure 2. On the resulting Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab and check the box next to Use check boxes to select items, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 - Activating “Use Check Boxes To Select Items” Option
That’s all there is to it. From this point forward, you will be able to use check boxes to select items in Windows. Perhaps best of all, activating this feature does not disable the CTRL + mouse click or SHIFT + mouse click techniques, so you have all possible techniques at your disposal.
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