Using the Explorer View

The Explorer view has also been mentioned several times in previous lessons. It is available in document libraries and picture libraries only. The option for Explorer view will be made available in the Select a View area on the left-hand side of the window. When you click Explorer View, you may get the following warning message: “This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items?” Click Yes if this message appears.

Figure 10.5 shows the Explorer view of the picture library. How this view appears will be affected by your Folder settings in Windows Explorer. Therefore, common tasks may or may not be shown in the Explorer view in the library.

Figure 10.5. Explorer view of a picture ...

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