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Updated on 2025-04-14

[Registration] Explorer also plays with multiple windows

Using the resource manager, we can easily find resources in the computer, but if we want to find content in two (or more) different folders at the same time, the operation is quite cumbersome. Using the following operations, we can easily open multiple destination windows in the resource manager at the same time. The specific operation is:

1. Open the Registry Editor and expand the following branch: HKEY__LOCAL__MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\CLASSES\Directory\shell.

2. Create a primary key named "NewWindows" under the Shell subkey, and change the "default" value in the right window to "Open in new window" (readers can also enter some other personalized text).

3. Create a primary key "command" under NewWindows and change its value to "%1" (note that there is a space between the command and the parameter).

4. Click the "F5" key to refresh and close the Registry Editor. In the future, when we right-click the destination folder with our mouse, the "Open in new window" command will appear in the shortcut menu. Click this command to open the destination folder in a new window.

5. Right-click the blank space in the taskbar, select the Cascading, Horizontal or Vertical Arrangement window and adjust it appropriately, and we can view the information in multiple folders.

The above operation was successfully passed under Windows 98/XP.