Show full folder paths in both panes in Windows Explorer

In Windows 7, we found one default setting in Windows Explorer to be especially disconcerting (and frankly, illogical): When you click on a given folder in the right viewing pane in Windows Explorer (or, as you might think of it, My Computer), the folders in the left-hand pane do not automatically “follow along” and drill down to show you the file path. So, for example, if you’re trying to get to Folder C (through Folder A and then Folder B), all you see in the left pane is a closed Folder A, with Folder C open on the right. Folder B is nowhere to be found, except in the “breadcrumb trail” file-path sequence in the navigation bar at the top of the screen. For example, see the mismatch here; we're deep in subfolders of the "Mac" folder, but they're not showing up in the left column:
 

 
This can be a royal pain for those who work on company networks with heavily nested folder structures or even on complex home networks. Luckily, there’s an easy fix. In Windows Explorer, just go to the drop-down arrow next to the Organize tab at the top and choose Folder and search options. In the General tab, check Show all folders and Automatically expand to current folder:
 

 
Now Windows Explorer should behave more like it did in Vista and XP.