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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   What is the difference between Windows Explorer and "My Computer"?   
      
   When the news came that Microsoft was ending support for Windows XP I went to   
   the library and got out a couple of books on Windows XP, and on reading them I   
   discovered that Windows Explorer and "My Computer" were different.   
      
   For nearly 10 years of using XP I thought that "My Computer" *was* Windows   
   Explorer, and wondered why it didn't live up to what was claimed for it. It   
   was supposed to copy files, but when I tried to copy files I discovered that   
   it only made copies of shortcuts, and did not copy the files themselves.   
      
   So to copy files I either used the DOS copy command, or shareware programs   
   like File Commander and Xplorer2.   
      
   Actually, even after having discovered the *real* Windows Explorer, I think   
   xplorer2 is better -- you can get it at:   
      
   http://www.zabkat.com/   
      
   but it just goes to show that there is no substitute for proper printed   
   documentation.   
      
   PS: I thought "My Computer" was horribly twee, so I changed it to "This   
   Computer".   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
   Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)