Classic Shell: Get “Up” Button and Titlebar Text Back in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer

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Almost all Windows Vista and 7 users complain about missing "Up" button and Titlebar text in Windows Explorer toolbar. We have blogged about "Mavis Up Button" which can bring back the "Up" button but its not free, you need to pay $4.95 to purchase it.

We have also blogged about "AeroBar" which can bring back the titlebar text back in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer.

The good news is that our favorite tool "Classic Shell" can also bring back the good old "Up" button as well as titlebar text and icon in Windows Explorer as you can see in the following screenshot:

We have already blogged about it in past:

Classic Shell: Get Classic Start Menu & Explorer Toolbar Buttons Back in Windows Vista & 7

When we blogged about this tool, it only provided Classic Start menu, Classic Explorer toolbar buttons and a few other things. But now a new version is available which comes with following changes:

Shows Titlebar text and icon
Disable Addressbar Breadcrumbs
Adds "Up" button in Explorer titlebar
New toolbar icons to match Vista and 7
New skins for Classic Start menu
Brings back file size feature in Statusbar

You can visit following link to read more information and download this tool:

Download Link

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wildgoosespeeder

Like Internet Explorer 7 and 8 moving the menu to the top with a registry key, is there any way to do that with Windows Explorer on Vista/7?
VG

^^ Sadly not possible.
cclloyd9785

Any way to get just the up button, not the replace dialog and other stuff?
VG

^^ You can disable those things using its Settings.
GD

The directory path is shown in Explorer's address bar.

Just click on the parent directory to go "UP".

How hard can that be...?
Mutz777

VG, I dont understand how to install this stuff, The first time I downloaded this I got a couple of ".INI" files and the second time, I got a few Visual Studio Projects!

MuTz777
VG

^^ Thats strange. May be you downloaded the source code?
djeos546

How can I get the same up button as in W8?
VG

^^ Classic Shell allows you to change the icon.