preferences:preferences_categories:location_bar:path_fields:menus

These options control which items appear in the various drop-down menus of the breadcrumb path field (on the location bar).

  • Archives: Shows archives in the drop-down menus as if they were folders.
  • Desktop sub-folders: Shows any folders on the desktop in the Desktop branch drop-down.
  • Empty drives: Shows empty disk drives in the This PC branch drop-down.
  • Favorites: Shows your favorite folders in the Desktop branch drop-down.
  • Hidden folders: Shows hidden folders (ones with the H attribute but not the S attribute) in the branch drop-down menus.
  • System folders: Shows protected operating system folders (ones with both the H and S attributes set) in the branch drop-down menus.
  • Non-drive folders under This PC: Enable the display of non-drive folders in the drop-down for the This PC folder.

Most options default to use the same settings as on the Folder Tree Contents page.