R. McCarty wrote:
If you have Service Pack 2, the internal tables for remembering
folder views will be increased from 400 up to 5000. Otherwise
after 400 individual settings, Folder views will start rolling over
and revert to XP defaults.
For what you are trying to do, the best solution is.
1. Using Windows Explorer Pick any Folder - Click View,
Set to Details
2. Click Tools, Folder Options, View (Tab) and then click the
option box "Apply to all Folders"
3. Log off and back into your account.
4. Open your Picture folders and set the view to "Thumbnails"
You'll have to do this to all sub-folders as the view won't
automatically apply to child folders.
Now your baseline view is Details for all folders, except the ones
you explicitly change.
"D-Dawg" wrote in message
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"Flycaster" wrote in message
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I need to have JUST My Pictures folder and all its sub folders open as
thumbnails, and all other folders to open in Detail. I have tried all
various combinations within the ToolBar, but the bottom line is that XP
only allows me to open in either Thumbnail or Detail. Here's what I have
done:
windows have a quantitative limit of remembering personalised folder
settings.
Thanks, D-D, I'll try your suggestion. However, I also ask: I really
don't know how many folders I have, but assuming that in tot I have more
than 400, after setting all my image folders to thumbnail, what are the
chances that they will hold that setting (ie, will they revert back to
details)? Haven't gotten SP2 as I'm not sure what it may do to my stuff.
If you have Service Pack 2, the internal tables for remembering
folder views will be increased from 400 up to 5000. Otherwise
after 400 individual settings, Folder views will start rolling over
and revert to XP defaults.
For what you are trying to do, the best solution is.
1. Using Windows Explorer Pick any Folder - Click View,
Set to Details
2. Click Tools, Folder Options, View (Tab) and then click the
option box "Apply to all Folders"
3. Log off and back into your account.
4. Open your Picture folders and set the view to "Thumbnails"
You'll have to do this to all sub-folders as the view won't
automatically apply to child folders.
Now your baseline view is Details for all folders, except the ones
you explicitly change.