Hi guys I just recently got annoyed by a feature of Windows 8.1 that was not like on win 7 so after many months of ignoring it I decided to look for a solution.
Basically it's a: How to enable details pane at the bottom and not the side of the explorer guide. Which also includes a few other tweaks if you are interested.
-Restore devices / drives grouping
Everything is 'Devices and drives'. That's stupid! "O-N-E" can restore grouping which made sense in Win7/8.
- Restore libraries / remove folders
Remove all those folders which were unoptionally added into Windows 8.1 This PC folder and put the libraries back to their place, without registry hacking / breaking apps.
- Restore command bar / remove Ribbon
Because some people consider it an abomination.
- Restore details pane at bottom
Same reason; reclaim useful horizontal space.
- Improve styling
Get rid of some Win7 stuff here and there; improve styling with some built-in visual styles.
For themers / skinners, "O-N-E" can help to override a lot of hard-coded styling in Windows 8, maybe even Start screen!
Download
http://tihiy.net/files/OldNewExplorer.rar
Warnings!
- This is a TEST version, no installer. Potentially dangerous too!
- This is for Windows 8.1. Also should work for Windows 8 as well, though 8.1 options do not apply there;
- All but class drive grouping is not enabled by default. If something does not apply, try logging off / restarting explorer.exe;
- Install is for all users, settings are per-user.
Source: http://www.msfn.org/