At the GTEC event in Ottawa a few months ago, a visitor to the Microsoft Ask The Expert booth complained to me that the navigation pane in windows explorer in Windows Vista annoys him to no end and he cannot find any way to turn it off. The question actually caught me off-gaurd and after fooling around for a few minutes, I finally found the solution. Here it is for those of you who are facing similar issues.

- Click on 'Organize'
- Point to 'Layout'
- Click on 'Navigation pane'
Here is a before/after shot of Windows Explorer for those of you who are wondering what exactly the navigation pane looks like:
