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Find your way with breadcrumbs

When you have a folder open in Windows 7 (or Vista), you’ll notice that the address bar at the top of the folder window looks different. Where XP would display the whole path name and where it had the “up” button, Vista and Windows 7 just display folder names. This is called Breadcrumb Navigation (after Hansel and Gretel – I am not making this up!) and provides a way of letting you know where you are.

You can click on an item displayed in your breadcrumb trail to go directly there. Or you can click on the down arrow next to any of the items to display a list of folders within that folder. Choose the one you want, click on it and go there.

Do you still need to know the actual path, the way you would see it in XP? No problem. Right-click on your breadcrumbs, and click Edit address. You’ll see the familiar-looking path.