Welcome to KO Approach, a desktop utility
application designed to speed up file navigation in Windows
Explorer. Unlike the traditional way of accessing files where a
window needs to be opened to reveal a folder's content, Approach
offers a convenient and easy to navigate set of hierachical
menus.
When Approach is first launched, it
automatically displays its Main
Window enabling you to quickly view and/or edit its
settings. You will be opening it each time a certain parameter
needs to be modified. The window is presented as a number of
tabs.
In the topmost part of the
General tab is a section
with three check boxes each of which toggles a corresponding
program Feature.
You can use
Folder Menus to quickly browse the contents
of any folder right from Windows Explorer. To take advantage of
Folder Menus do the following:
- Make sure the Enable Folder
Menus check box is checked;
- Switch to any of the open Explorer windows. The Desktop window
is a good starting point as well;
- Click on an icon of any folder with your Left Mouse Button and
leave the button pressed for a few moments;
- A menu appears that displays all the items in the folders that
you have clicked;
- You can now release the Left Mouse Button and navigate the
appeared menu.
You can use
Approach Items to rapidly access your
favorite files, folders, and Web addresses from the menu tha is
displayed whenever you click on the Approach Tray Icon
.
You can customize this menu by adding
shortcuts or even creating individual folders inside a special
directory named KO Approach
Items.
To start using this feature do the
following:
- Make sure the Enable Approach
Items check box is checked;
- Click the Show Items button to
reveal the contents of the KO Approach
Items directory in Windows Explorer.
- Create shortcuts or other items of your preference in this
directory;
- Click the Approach Tray Icon
with your Left Mouse Button;
- Navigate a menu that will appear:
Titlebar
Menus improves the functionality of the Up One Level button by displaying the whole
folder hierarchy in a single convenient menu.
To start using this feature do the
following:
- Make sure the Enable Titlebar
Menus check box is checked;
- Open a folder, such as My
Computer in Windows Explorer.
- Click the Window's title bar with your Left Mouse Button having
the CTRL key pressed;
- Browse the items of parent-to-child menu that will appear.
