Select multiple files in Windows Vista quickly

Here’s how you can turn on the checkboxes feature in Windows Vista:

1. Open Windows Explorer via My Computer or My Documents

2. Click on the Organize button at the top left of the Explorer interface

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3. Select Folder and Search Options from the next menu and choose the View tab.

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4. Scroll down and you’ll see the option “Use check boxes to select items“. Check that and click Ok.

You should now see check boxes at the top left of a folder whenever you hover your mouse over it.

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Pretty neat! Now it’s super easy to select multiple folders in Windows Vista. As far as I know, this is not an option in Windows XP! However, if you know of a program or a way to do something like this for XP, post a comment!