Using finder icon to navigate continuously from folder to folder

A consultant set our old G5 (OS 10.4.11) so you could click and hold on the finder icon to open the HD and navigate continuously from folder thru subfolder, thru subfolder, thru subfolder, etc (like dragging and dropping a file – except without the file). Wanted to set my Intel Mac to do the same. Messed up the old computer trying to figure out what the consultant had done (I think he altered sidebar options in finder preferences). Now, when I click and hold on the finder a little window opens with the name of the computer, and below it says "hide." (On my Intel Mac it just says "hide") Wife's gonna kill me! How do I restore old G4? Can I get my G5 to open folders the way the G4 did, by just holding down on the finder icon?

Thanks Kappy,
I do get the "pop" feature when I drag my HD icon to the dock, next to the trash, but when using the "pop" feature I have to click on each individual subfolder I need to open to get to my destination. The way our G4 worked required only a single click on the Finder icon. By clicking on it, and then keeping the mouse held down, the HD would open, showing all its folders. Dragging the mouse arrow to any single folder opened its window to reveal its subfolders. Dragging to one of those folders opened its window, allowing you to drag to the next subfolder and the next - down the entire hierarchy to reach any sought-for file, without having to do any more clicking. Do you know a way to restore that feature to the G4? Any way to get it to work on my Intel Mac?
Thanks in advance.

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