Specifically Win 7
Okay, I'd had enough of not knowing where Explorer was going to take me, so I loaded a copy in my working drive, E.
set, E
colon\explorer.exe E
colon \This or that folder, /e in its properties, and lo, away it went.
I started several pages of my book, then went back to the Task bar - there was NO list of histories. The old one still works as normal with the dynamic list.
This
is handy a lot of the time, but when an item has fallen off the end, it really is a chore to go all the way through the Drive, Folder, (often folder folder folder) then file. Also, I hate using Word processor's Open file seeker. Don't know why, it so tunnel-vision-ish I suppose.
EDIT
Aaaaaaaaaagh! again.
Prior to this, if one was to go to the right-hand screen and pick a folder rather than a file, it would say 'Explore' as the top and bold option. Now, it's offering Open - just like the old Explorer. Okay, I'll go back and try the virgin offering. No, it's changed as well. Open and not Explore when pertaining to a folder.
This was a major change in the wording, and quite logical I thought, so I'm (almost) totally sure that I'm not mistaken.
Oddly, my old problem of Word Perfect starting several copies came back when I started using W7. After a few days of deleting them in Task manager, it stopped doing it. Just the same as XP Pro. Very odd.
Now, with the new Explorer.exe running as a book dedicated Explorer, it's started doing it again! So very odd. Anyway, based on past experience, all I've got to do is sit back and wait a few days, and it'll stop doing it.
Nowt so queer as computers.