Regardless of which view you use for a given folder, you can click the Folders button to toggle between Windows ExplorerÂ’s Folders pane and the menu pane. Use the double arrows at the right of each menu to collapse or expand the choices shown in that box; in the Details box, the double arrow toggles the display of information about the currently selected file or folder (including previews of image files).

Tip taken from Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott and Carl Siechert. Published by Microsoft Press.