Many people upgrade to Windows 95 but never venture far beyond the Start button: They're the same folks who buy a 24-blade Swiss Army knife but use only the screwdriver and nail file. Once you decide to go a few clicks deeper--to make Windows work for you, not against you--you'll discover that Explorer rates as the tool of first resort. Much more than a simple Windows 3.x-style file manager, Explorer uses the same tree-and-list approach to display your desktop, shared computers on a local area network, many key parts of the Registry, and even your printers and fonts. Someday soon it will also offer a window on the Web. Unfortunately, Explorer suffers from several maddening flaws. And the worst part is that these design mistakes were deliberate, ostensibly to keep novices from hurting themselves. Fortunately, there are enough useful tools in Explorer's collection to help you accomplish any common task--even if it sometimes takes an extra click or two.
