With the resource Manager we can easily find resources on the computer, but if we want to find the contents of two (or more) different folders at the same time, the operation is quite cumbersome. We can easily open multiple destination windows simultaneously in the Explorer using the following procedure. The specific actions are:
1. Open Registry Editor and expand the following branch: Hkey__local__machine\ Software\classes\directory\shell.
2. Create a primary key under the Shell subkey named "NewWindows" to change the "default" value in the right window to "open in a new window" (The reader can also enter some other personalized text).
3. Create a primary Key "command" under NewWindows to change its value to "Explorer.exe%1" (Note that there is a blank space between the command and the arguments).
4. Click the "F5" key to refresh and close Registry Editor. Later, when we right-click the destination folder, the Open in New Window command appears in the shortcut menu, and click to open the destination folder in a new window.
5. With the right mouse click on the taskbar space, select Cascade, Landscape, or vertical window and then adjust properly, we can view the information in multiple folders.
The above operation was successfully passed under Windows 98/XP.