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Bryon Daly

January 8th 04, 07:18 PM

Hello,

This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
soon as I create a new photo folder and put some pictures
in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.

I don't know why they keep changing; sometimes newer
folders change to details view while older ones remain in
thumbnail view. Most recently, though, every one of my
dozens of photo folders has reverted to details view all
at once, and it's a royal pain to set them all back to
thumbnails one at a time, over and over again.

That's the basic situation (more details at the bottom of
the message), and here's my questions:

1) Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the
folder view mode to change on all these folders?

2) is there a quick/easy way to change the view mode on a
select group of folders, all at once?

Further details:
- Details view is what I had originally set up as "apply
to all folders", but that was long ago, and I also have
the "remember each folder's view settings" checkbox set,
so it should remember the changes I make.
- I've installed SP1, and all the latest updates on the
Windows Update site.
- I just discovered further wierdness:
My photo folders are stored under My documents/My
Pictures. From the separate My Documents icon in the
folder panel in Windows Explorer, I navigated to the
folders, went through and changed many of the subdirs to
thumbnail view. Then, I closed that explorer window,
brought up another, went through the same route and
verified the folders were in the thumbnail setting, and
closed it.

Next, I brought up another explorer window, closed the
folder panel, and navigated to the pictures through the
Documents and Settings directory, down to my pictures
from there, and *none* of the folders showed the
thumbnail view! So I opened another explorer window, and
got to the picture folders in the original manner, and
they *were* set to thumbnail view! So in one window they
were thumbnail view, and in another, they weren't, but
the address bar showed them as being the exact same
location! Then I closed the window that had the
thumbnails enabled.

I then went through *every* picture folder in the
explorer window that had no thumbnails, set every one to
be thumbnails, and closed both windows. Now, if I
navigate through Documents and Settings, they are all
thumbnail, but if I navigate through the My Documents
link on my desktop or in explorer's folder panel, *none*
of the folders whow as thumbnail anymore! So somehow,
setting them to thumbnail view having used one route to
navigate there, blasted the settings seen when using a
different route to navigate there, all despite the fact
that in the end, it is the same folder I am doing the
settings on.

Any clues?

Kelly

January 8th 04, 07:18 PM

Hi Bryon,

Suggestion and FYI:

Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number is reached some
settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this to 8000 by adding
this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

"Bryon Daly" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
> photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
> soon as I create a new photo folder and put some pictures
> in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
> part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
> randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.
>
> I don't know why they keep changing; sometimes newer
> folders change to details view while older ones remain in
> thumbnail view. Most recently, though, every one of my
> dozens of photo folders has reverted to details view all
> at once, and it's a royal pain to set them all back to
> thumbnails one at a time, over and over again.
>
> That's the basic situation (more details at the bottom of
> the message), and here's my questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the
> folder view mode to change on all these folders?
>
> 2) is there a quick/easy way to change the view mode on a
> select group of folders, all at once?
>
> Further details:
> - Details view is what I had originally set up as "apply
> to all folders", but that was long ago, and I also have
> the "remember each folder's view settings" checkbox set,
> so it should remember the changes I make.
> - I've installed SP1, and all the latest updates on the
> Windows Update site.
> - I just discovered further wierdness:
> My photo folders are stored under My documents/My
> Pictures. From the separate My Documents icon in the
> folder panel in Windows Explorer, I navigated to the
> folders, went through and changed many of the subdirs to
> thumbnail view. Then, I closed that explorer window,
> brought up another, went through the same route and
> verified the folders were in the thumbnail setting, and
> closed it.
>
> Next, I brought up another explorer window, closed the
> folder panel, and navigated to the pictures through the
> Documents and Settings directory, down to my pictures
> from there, and *none* of the folders showed the
> thumbnail view! So I opened another explorer window, and
> got to the picture folders in the original manner, and
> they *were* set to thumbnail view! So in one window they
> were thumbnail view, and in another, they weren't, but
> the address bar showed them as being the exact same
> location! Then I closed the window that had the
> thumbnails enabled.
>
> I then went through *every* picture folder in the
> explorer window that had no thumbnails, set every one to
> be thumbnails, and closed both windows. Now, if I
> navigate through Documents and Settings, they are all
> thumbnail, but if I navigate through the My Documents
> link on my desktop or in explorer's folder panel, *none*
> of the folders whow as thumbnail anymore! So somehow,
> setting them to thumbnail view having used one route to
> navigate there, blasted the settings seen when using a
> different route to navigate there, all despite the fact
> that in the end, it is the same folder I am doing the
> settings on.
>
> Any clues?

Bob Gibson

January 8th 04, 07:19 PM

Annoying, yes, but easy fix. You must use TweakUI, free from
Microsoft. If you don't have it go to
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp Download and
install. You will find it in All Programs menu under Power toys. Run
TweakUI, find Explorer, Customizations, in right pane, Folder
customizations, change from 400 to 8000.

Bob

"Bryon Daly" > wrote in message
...
| Hello,
|
| This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
| photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
| soon as I create a new photo folder and put some pictures
| in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
| part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
| randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.
|
| I don't know why they keep changing; sometimes newer
| folders change to details view while older ones remain in
| thumbnail view. Most recently, though, every one of my
| dozens of photo folders has reverted to details view all
| at once, and it's a royal pain to set them all back to
| thumbnails one at a time, over and over again.
|
| That's the basic situation (more details at the bottom of
| the message), and here's my questions:
|
| 1) Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the
| folder view mode to change on all these folders?
|
| 2) is there a quick/easy way to change the view mode on a
| select group of folders, all at once?
|
| Further details:
| - Details view is what I had originally set up as "apply
| to all folders", but that was long ago, and I also have
| the "remember each folder's view settings" checkbox set,
| so it should remember the changes I make.
| - I've installed SP1, and all the latest updates on the
| Windows Update site.
| - I just discovered further wierdness:
| My photo folders are stored under My documents/My
| Pictures. From the separate My Documents icon in the
| folder panel in Windows Explorer, I navigated to the
| folders, went through and changed many of the subdirs to
| thumbnail view. Then, I closed that explorer window,
| brought up another, went through the same route and
| verified the folders were in the thumbnail setting, and
| closed it.
|
| Next, I brought up another explorer window, closed the
| folder panel, and navigated to the pictures through the
| Documents and Settings directory, down to my pictures
| from there, and *none* of the folders showed the
| thumbnail view! So I opened another explorer window, and
| got to the picture folders in the original manner, and
| they *were* set to thumbnail view! So in one window they
| were thumbnail view, and in another, they weren't, but
| the address bar showed them as being the exact same
| location! Then I closed the window that had the
| thumbnails enabled.
|
| I then went through *every* picture folder in the
| explorer window that had no thumbnails, set every one to
| be thumbnails, and closed both windows. Now, if I
| navigate through Documents and Settings, they are all
| thumbnail, but if I navigate through the My Documents
| link on my desktop or in explorer's folder panel, *none*
| of the folders whow as thumbnail anymore! So somehow,
| setting them to thumbnail view having used one route to
| navigate there, blasted the settings seen when using a
| different route to navigate there, all despite the fact
| that in the end, it is the same folder I am doing the
| settings on.
|
| Any clues?

_ J _

January 8th 04, 07:20 PM

Hello Bob,

That will not work. TweakUI (for XP) V2.10.0.0 sets an
incorrect key in the registry.

See Kelly's post.

Jan

>-----Original Message-----
>Annoying, yes, but easy fix. You must use TweakUI, free
from
>Microsoft. If you don't have it go to
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Download and
>install. You will find it in All Programs menu under
Power toys. Run
>TweakUI, find Explorer, Customizations, in right pane,
Folder
>customizations, change from 400 to 8000.
>
>Bob
>
>
>"Bryon Daly" > wrote in message
...
>| Hello,
>|
>| This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
>| photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
>| soon as I create a new photo folder and put some
pictures
>| in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
>| part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
>| randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.
>|
<SNIP />

Bryon Daly

January 8th 04, 07:20 PM

Kelly, thank you, and also thanks to Bob Gibson for the=20
TweakUI tip.

I would have never guessed there was a limit on the=20
number of folders it would remember!

-Bryon

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Bryon,
>
>Suggestion and FYI:
>
>Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number=20
is reached some
>settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this=20
to 8000 by adding
>this edit to the registry.
>
>Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:
>
>Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard=20
disk. Double click it
>and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be=20
viewed in Notepad by
>right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.
>
>Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then=20
Tools/Folder
>Options/View/Apply to All Folders.
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows=AE XP]
>
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Bryon Daly" > wrote in=20
message
...
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
>> photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
>> soon as I create a new photo folder and put some=20
pictures
>> in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
>> part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
>> randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.
>>
>> I don't know why they keep changing; sometimes newer
>> folders change to details view while older ones remain=20
in
>> thumbnail view. Most recently, though, every one of my
>> dozens of photo folders has reverted to details view=20
all
>> at once, and it's a royal pain to set them all back to
>> thumbnails one at a time, over and over again.
>>
>> That's the basic situation (more details at the bottom=20
of
>> the message), and here's my questions:
>>
>> 1) Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the
>> folder view mode to change on all these folders?
>>
>> 2) is there a quick/easy way to change the view mode=20
on a
>> select group of folders, all at once?
>>
>> Further details:
>> - Details view is what I had originally set up=20
as "apply
>> to all folders", but that was long ago, and I also have
>> the "remember each folder's view settings" checkbox=20
set,
>> so it should remember the changes I make.
>> - I've installed SP1, and all the latest updates on the
>> Windows Update site.
>> - I just discovered further wierdness:
>> My photo folders are stored under My documents/My
>> Pictures. From the separate My Documents icon in the
>> folder panel in Windows Explorer, I navigated to the
>> folders, went through and changed many of the subdirs=20
to
>> thumbnail view. Then, I closed that explorer window,
>> brought up another, went through the same route and
>> verified the folders were in the thumbnail setting, and
>> closed it.
>>
>> Next, I brought up another explorer window, closed the
>> folder panel, and navigated to the pictures through the
>> Documents and Settings directory, down to my pictures
>> from there, and *none* of the folders showed the
>> thumbnail view! So I opened another explorer window,=20
and
>> got to the picture folders in the original manner, and
>> they *were* set to thumbnail view! So in one window=20
they
>> were thumbnail view, and in another, they weren't, but
>> the address bar showed them as being the exact same
>> location! Then I closed the window that had the
>> thumbnails enabled.
>>
>> I then went through *every* picture folder in the
>> explorer window that had no thumbnails, set every one=20
to
>> be thumbnails, and closed both windows. Now, if I
>> navigate through Documents and Settings, they are all
>> thumbnail, but if I navigate through the My Documents
>> link on my desktop or in explorer's folder panel,=20
*none*
>> of the folders whow as thumbnail anymore! So somehow,
>> setting them to thumbnail view having used one route to
>> navigate there, blasted the settings seen when using a
>> different route to navigate there, all despite the fact
>> that in the end, it is the same folder I am doing the
>> settings on.
>>
>> Any clues?
>
>.
>

Kelly

January 8th 04, 07:20 PM

Most welcome. :o)

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

"Bryon Daly" > wrote in message
...
Kelly, thank you, and also thanks to Bob Gibson for the
TweakUI tip.

I would have never guessed there was a limit on the
number of folders it would remember!

-Bryon

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Bryon,
>
>Suggestion and FYI:
>
>Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number
is reached some
>settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this
to 8000 by adding
>this edit to the registry.
>
>Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:
>
>Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard
disk. Double click it
>and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be
viewed in Notepad by
>right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.
>
>Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then
Tools/Folder
>Options/View/Apply to All Folders.
>
>--
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows® XP]
>
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Bryon Daly" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is quite an odd thing. I have a number of digital
>> photos I store on my system, in a number of folders. As
>> soon as I create a new photo folder and put some
pictures
>> in it, I set it to the thumbnail view mode. Now the odd
>> part: it remembers this setting for some time, but
>> randomly, folders seem to get set back to details view.
>>
>> I don't know why they keep changing; sometimes newer
>> folders change to details view while older ones remain
in
>> thumbnail view. Most recently, though, every one of my
>> dozens of photo folders has reverted to details view
all
>> at once, and it's a royal pain to set them all back to
>> thumbnails one at a time, over and over again.
>>
>> That's the basic situation (more details at the bottom
of
>> the message), and here's my questions:
>>
>> 1) Does anyone have any idea what might be causing the
>> folder view mode to change on all these folders?
>>
>> 2) is there a quick/easy way to change the view mode
on a
>> select group of folders, all at once?
>>
>> Further details:
>> - Details view is what I had originally set up
as "apply
>> to all folders", but that was long ago, and I also have
>> the "remember each folder's view settings" checkbox
set,
>> so it should remember the changes I make.
>> - I've installed SP1, and all the latest updates on the
>> Windows Update site.
>> - I just discovered further wierdness:
>> My photo folders are stored under My documents/My
>> Pictures. From the separate My Documents icon in the
>> folder panel in Windows Explorer, I navigated to the
>> folders, went through and changed many of the subdirs
to
>> thumbnail view. Then, I closed that explorer window,
>> brought up another, went through the same route and
>> verified the folders were in the thumbnail setting, and
>> closed it.
>>
>> Next, I brought up another explorer window, closed the
>> folder panel, and navigated to the pictures through the
>> Documents and Settings directory, down to my pictures
>> from there, and *none* of the folders showed the
>> thumbnail view! So I opened another explorer window,
and
>> got to the picture folders in the original manner, and
>> they *were* set to thumbnail view! So in one window
they
>> were thumbnail view, and in another, they weren't, but
>> the address bar showed them as being the exact same
>> location! Then I closed the window that had the
>> thumbnails enabled.
>>
>> I then went through *every* picture folder in the
>> explorer window that had no thumbnails, set every one
to
>> be thumbnails, and closed both windows. Now, if I
>> navigate through Documents and Settings, they are all
>> thumbnail, but if I navigate through the My Documents
>> link on my desktop or in explorer's folder panel,
*none*
>> of the folders whow as thumbnail anymore! So somehow,
>> setting them to thumbnail view having used one route to
>> navigate there, blasted the settings seen when using a
>> different route to navigate there, all despite the fact
>> that in the end, it is the same folder I am doing the
>> settings on.
>>
>> Any clues?
>
>.
>

Bob Gibson

January 8th 04, 07:22 PM