Changing default view of folders

[Dave]

Windows XP, by default, shows the thumbnails view of
certain folders,
whether you want it to or not. Even if you choose Details
(or some
other view) as your default by going to Tools -> Folder
Options ->
View tab and click Apply to All Folders, Explorer may
still revert
back to the clumsy Thumbnails view. It does this for any
folder in
which it finds the THUMBS.DB file; naturally, if you
delete this file,
it won't happen again.
The problem is that Windows seems to repeatedly recreate
the THUMBS.DB
file automatically the question is how do I stop it from
doing this
altogether?

[Kelly]

Hi Dave,

"Windows XP, by default, shows the thumbnails view of certain
folders".

That is a "fact" for certain areas and can't be changed as of yet, depending
on your reference....

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"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> Windows XP, by default, shows the thumbnails view of
> certain folders,
> whether you want it to or not. Even if you choose Details
> (or some
> other view) as your default by going to Tools -> Folder
> Options ->
> View tab and click Apply to All Folders, Explorer may
> still revert
> back to the clumsy Thumbnails view. It does this for any
> folder in
> which it finds the THUMBS.DB file; naturally, if you
> delete this file,
> it won't happen again.
> The problem is that Windows seems to repeatedly recreate
> the THUMBS.DB
> file automatically the question is how do I stop it from
> doing this
> altogether?
>

[David Candy]

In Folder Options - View you can turn off thumbs.db.

Mine don't default to thumbnail view and I have a thumbs.db

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