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Explorer Folder Views
Is there anyway to change the "default" views in XP SP2 Windows
Explorer. I'm refering to the views set when you click Tools, Folder Options, View Tab, "Reset all Folders". It appears some analysis is applied to each folders contents & Explorer uses different views based on the quantity and file types. In my system the majority of folders display with the Tiles view although there are others in thumbnail & some in filmstrip. Actually, this would be very acceptable ... if I could change the Tile View to Detail View. [Despite much research & trial and error, there seems to be no reasonable way to use the customizing controls to accomplish this for a system of thousands of folders ... If I've missed something, please let me know.] Is the default Tile hard coded into the program or is there someplace ... anyplace it can be changed? Ram |
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XP only remembers 400 settings. This setting needs to be modified.
XP forgets your folder view settings http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderviews.htm Your view settings or customizations for a folder are lost or incorrect http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711 Folder Views - Keep Settings http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In oups.com, xramx hunted and pecked: Is there anyway to change the "default" views in XP SP2 Windows Explorer. I'm refering to the views set when you click Tools, Folder Options, View Tab, "Reset all Folders". It appears some analysis is applied to each folders contents & Explorer uses different views based on the quantity and file types. In my system the majority of folders display with the Tiles view although there are others in thumbnail & some in filmstrip. Actually, this would be very acceptable ... if I could change the Tile View to Detail View. [Despite much research & trial and error, there seems to be no reasonable way to use the customizing controls to accomplish this for a system of thousands of folders ... If I've missed something, please let me know.] Is the default Tile hard coded into the program or is there someplace .. anyplace it can be changed? Ram |
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Thanks, but that's not the issue. As my note said, I'm at SP2 which
remembers 5000 ... and I did verify that in my registry. The customization problem is that you can't set up individual folder views if the "remember each folders view setting" is unchecked & if you check it, the "apply to all subfolders" in the customize folder dialog doesn't work. Again, the "reset" views would be ok if I could only change Tile to detail. ram |
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Unless I'm missing something, you should open a folder, set its view to =
'details' then use the folder options 'Apply to All Folders' button. Keith "xramx" wrote in message = oups.com... Is there anyway to change the "default" views in XP SP2 Windows Explorer. I'm refering to the views set when you click Tools, Folder Options, View Tab, "Reset all Folders". =20 It appears some analysis is applied to each folders contents & = Explorer uses different views based on the quantity and file types. In my system the majority of folders display with the Tiles view although there are others in thumbnail & some in filmstrip. =20 Actually, this would be very acceptable ... if I could change the Tile View to Detail View. [Despite much research & trial and error, there seems to be no reasonable way to use the customizing controls to accomplish this for a system of thousands of folders ... If I've = missed something, please let me know.] =20 Is the default Tile hard coded into the program or is there someplace .. anyplace it can be changed? =20 Ram |
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Keith Miller wrote:
Unless I'm missing something, you should open a folder, set its view to 'details' then use the folder options 'Apply to All Folders' button. That usually works for me too, but folders that contain image files seem to switch to Thumbnails (if there are lots of images) or Filmstrip (if there are just a few). If you right click on the icon of the folder, then properties customize (tab), set the folder template to "Documents", that should do the trick. -- Segovia - 24/05/2005 5:21:39 AM |
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.........If you also do not want these folders to display thumbnails of
contents, you can create a new folder within that particular folder and name it 'folder.jpg' (without the quotes of course) and THIS blank folder will be used for art, which means it will appear as a regular folder only..... "Segovia" wrote in message ... Keith Miller wrote: Unless I'm missing something, you should open a folder, set its view to 'details' then use the folder options 'Apply to All Folders' button. That usually works for me too, but folders that contain image files seem to switch to Thumbnails (if there are lots of images) or Filmstrip (if there are just a few). If you right click on the icon of the folder, then properties customize (tab), set the folder template to "Documents", that should do the trick. -- Segovia - 24/05/2005 5:21:39 AM |
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My original query requested a way to change the Tile view used as the default in Windows Explorer. As of yet, no one has suggested a way to do this. I was surprised see many discussion about or around this topic when I searched the web and newsgroups, but no source provided any solution to how one customizes to a mixture of Detail View and Thumbnail View WITHOUT going thru the View menu for every individual folder. For any substantial computer system, this is somewhere between tedious and impractical. Even if one goes thru the process for each folder, should it ever get reset back to the default, severe depression would set in if on has lots of thumbnail directories (Like 5 years of digital camera pictures). In the hope I have overlooked some variation which could yield the desired results, I will document my conclusion and at the end of this message, the exact steps I went thru to reach them. [By the way, in the Scenarios below, there are some apparent extra steps. I put these in to maximize repeatability.] Here are my conclusions: 1) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Unchecked, the default view is Icon and changing the view for any folder changes the view for ALL. (See Scenarios 1 & 4) 2) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Checked, =B7 Reset all Folders results in a context sensitive default view (Senario 2) (which is pretty good if only it would use Detail view instead of Tile view for non picture files.) =B7 Detail View can only be applied to individual folders or All folders (Senario 3 & 5) =B7 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, the Apply to all Subfolders option in the Customize this Folder does not work. (Senerio 5) Please feel free to correct me or suggest other alternatives. Ram Detail Process: Scenario 1 1. OPEN Windows Explorer 2. Click Tool then Folder Options 3. Click Restore Defaults on General tab 4. On View tab, uncheck 'remember folder views" 5. Click Reset All Folders 6. Click Yes to Reset all folders dialog popup 7. Click Apply, then OK on Folder Options to close 8. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 9. All folders display in icon view 10. Select folder (I'll call Pictures) which has lots of subfolders (named by date) containing jpg files 11. Click View menu, then Customize this folder 12. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders 13. Click apply. The picture folder and all subfolders now display in thumbnail view .... AS DOES EVERY OTHER FOLDER ON MY MULTIPLE HARD DRIVES!!!! Definitely not what I wanted!!! Scenario 2 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 9a. Click Tool then Folder Options & On View tab, CHECK "remember folder views", click apply, then ok to close 10. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 11. Folders/Files are displayed in a context sensitive fashion ... some tiled, some filmstrip, some thumbnails .... Scenario 3 ("Remember Folder View" checked) 1 to 11 Same as Scenario 2 12. Select a folder (I'll call Data) which has lots of subfolders by application with diverse types of files presently displayed in Tile 13. Clicking View, then detail changes the specific folder (Data), but none of the subfolders 13. Clicking View, then Customize this Folder does not offer a Detail view in the drop down (the Documents selection displays Tile) Note: Don't need to change any folders to thumbnail since they all display in thumbnail already (see 11 in Scenario 2) Scenario 4 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 ("Remember Folder View" unchecked) 10. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 11. Click View, then Details - As in scenario 1 Data changes to detail view, but so do all folders and subfolders everywhere Scenario 5 All steps in Scenario 2. ("Remember Folder View" checked & in "default View) 12. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 13. Click View, then Details - (Data folder contents displays details, but subfolders remain in Tile) 14. Click Tools, Folder Options, View, Apply to All folders - Respond Yes to Popup 15. All Folders everywhere are now in Detail View. 16. Select Pictures folder (see Scenario 1, step 10) - currently shown in Detail View 17. Click View, Customize This Folder 18. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders - Click Apply & Ok 19 The Pictures folder has changed to thumbnail, but the apply to subfolders was ignored & all remain in detail view. |
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I too am confused by the way the views keep resetting. Thumbnails is good
for pictures, but icons are better for some and details for others. So thank you . I will read your post with care and see if it works for me -- Cheers, Trevor L. Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au xramx wrote: My original query requested a way to change the Tile view used as the default in Windows Explorer. As of yet, no one has suggested a way to do this. I was surprised see many discussion about or around this topic when I searched the web and newsgroups, but no source provided any solution to how one customizes to a mixture of Detail View and Thumbnail View WITHOUT going thru the View menu for every individual folder. For any substantial computer system, this is somewhere between tedious and impractical. Even if one goes thru the process for each folder, should it ever get reset back to the default, severe depression would set in if on has lots of thumbnail directories (Like 5 years of digital camera pictures). In the hope I have overlooked some variation which could yield the desired results, I will document my conclusion and at the end of this message, the exact steps I went thru to reach them. [By the way, in the Scenarios below, there are some apparent extra steps. I put these in to maximize repeatability.] Here are my conclusions: 1) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Unchecked, the default view is Icon and changing the view for any folder changes the view for ALL. (See Scenarios 1 & 4) 2) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Checked, · Reset all Folders results in a context sensitive default view (Senario 2) (which is pretty good if only it would use Detail view instead of Tile view for non picture files.) · Detail View can only be applied to individual folders or All folders (Senario 3 & 5) · AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, the Apply to all Subfolders option in the Customize this Folder does not work. (Senerio 5) Please feel free to correct me or suggest other alternatives. Ram Detail Process: Scenario 1 1. OPEN Windows Explorer 2. Click Tool then Folder Options 3. Click Restore Defaults on General tab 4. On View tab, uncheck 'remember folder views" 5. Click Reset All Folders 6. Click Yes to Reset all folders dialog popup 7. Click Apply, then OK on Folder Options to close 8. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 9. All folders display in icon view 10. Select folder (I'll call Pictures) which has lots of subfolders (named by date) containing jpg files 11. Click View menu, then Customize this folder 12. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders 13. Click apply. The picture folder and all subfolders now display in thumbnail view .... AS DOES EVERY OTHER FOLDER ON MY MULTIPLE HARD DRIVES!!!! Definitely not what I wanted!!! Scenario 2 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 9a. Click Tool then Folder Options & On View tab, CHECK "remember folder views", click apply, then ok to close 10. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 11. Folders/Files are displayed in a context sensitive fashion ... some tiled, some filmstrip, some thumbnails .... Scenario 3 ("Remember Folder View" checked) 1 to 11 Same as Scenario 2 12. Select a folder (I'll call Data) which has lots of subfolders by application with diverse types of files presently displayed in Tile 13. Clicking View, then detail changes the specific folder (Data), but none of the subfolders 13. Clicking View, then Customize this Folder does not offer a Detail view in the drop down (the Documents selection displays Tile) Note: Don't need to change any folders to thumbnail since they all display in thumbnail already (see 11 in Scenario 2) Scenario 4 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 ("Remember Folder View" unchecked) 10. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 11. Click View, then Details - As in scenario 1 Data changes to detail view, but so do all folders and subfolders everywhere Scenario 5 All steps in Scenario 2. ("Remember Folder View" checked & in "default View) 12. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 13. Click View, then Details - (Data folder contents displays details, but subfolders remain in Tile) 14. Click Tools, Folder Options, View, Apply to All folders - Respond Yes to Popup 15. All Folders everywhere are now in Detail View. 16. Select Pictures folder (see Scenario 1, step 10) - currently shown in Detail View 17. Click View, Customize This Folder 18. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders - Click Apply & Ok 19 The Pictures folder has changed to thumbnail, but the apply to subfolders was ignored & all remain in detail view. I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html |
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With Remember Views unchecked the saved view for the first folder opened
applies to all subsequent folders. Not this still saves views but only reads the first one. Reset deletes all saved views (but not the index to them so Reset may not fix problems but usually will). If there is no saved view then content sniffing takes place. This is a post I make about how to delete all settings. Read it carefully. Delete these keys or values from the registry. This will reset many things like saved folder settings. Type Regedit in Start - Run Click Start - Turn Off Computer (or maybe Shutdown) - Ctrl + Alt + Shift + click Cancel (or Close) (your Desktop and Start Menu now disappear). This is a clean shutdown unlike using Task Manager. In Regedit navigate to each of these keys and delete them HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer and delete the value Shellstate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Cabinet State and delete the value Settings HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Streams HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Streams MRU (may not exist) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell \BagMRU HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell \Bags HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam\BagMRU HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam\Bags [the above one is what reset deletes, 90% of the time it is sufficient but 10% of the time the BagMRU needs to be deleted too. If you know what cross linked files are the same thing is happening here - the BagMRU point to the wrong Bag or serveral BagMRU point to the same bag] Then in Task Manager, File - Run type explorer. (Start menu and Desktop come back). You then need to reconfigure explorer and the desktop. ================================================== ================= Understanding Saved Views and Browsing Folders In Windows 2000 Professional, the view you use is not always permanently saved in Windows Explorer. You can control whether the views you use are saved permanently or temporarily by using the Remember each folder's view settings check box on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box (see figure 9.3). By default the Remember each folder's view settings option is enabled. When you choose to leave this setting enabled, the following happens: a.. The changes you make to a folder's view is automatically saved when you close the folder. b.. The view you use to view one folder is not applied to other folders. c.. When you open a folder, it opens in the view you used when you last viewed it. When you clear the check box for Remember each folder's view settings, the following happens: a.. When you start Windows Explorer, the first folder you view displays in the folder's saved view. Windows Explorer holds that view in temporary memory and applies it to all the folders that you visit while Windows Explorer remains open unless you manually alter the view. b.. As you browse to other folders (after the initial folder is opened), the saved view for each folder is ignored, and when you quit Windows Explorer, the folder view that you have been using to view multiple folders is deleted from temporary memory. c.. The next time you open Windows Explorer, once again, it is the saved view of the first folder you open that determines how you view multiple folders. Setting All Folders to the Same View Some users want to have all their Windows Explorer folders set to the same view. In Windows 2000 Professional, the default setting is that any change made to a folder's view is automatically saved when you close the folder and is not applied to other folders. However, you can set all folders to the same view by using the Folder Options command as described in the following procedure. To set all folders to the same view 1.. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, set the view to your preference. 2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. 3.. In the Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab. 4.. Under Folder Views, click Like Current Folder. Important The Remember each folder's view settings check box on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box (see Figure 9.3) affects how the view settings of individual folders are applied and saved. For more information about the impact of clearing this check box, see "Understanding Saved Views and Browsing Folders" earlier in this chapter. Windows 2000 Resource Kit ================================================== ======================== And check NoSaveSettings HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer Data type Range Default value REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0 Description Prevents users from saving certain changes to the desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes, such as the positions of open windows and the size and position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved. This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as though the value is 0. Value Meaning 0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved. 1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are not saved. Windows 2000 Resource Kit Reference ================================================== ========================== Saved folder settings are stored in BagMRU. Defaults and network/removable drives are stored in Streams key (as everything was in earlier versions). You have to do Apply To All while in a file folder. For each type of object (File Folder, Control Panel, My Computer, etc) that you do an Apply to All in it's clsid and the settings are created/updated at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Streams \Defaults {F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837} is ordinary folders, and other numbers are what ever they are (My Comp, Control Panel, etc - note My Docs is an ordinary folder). They only appear IF you do an apply to all in that type of object. as well as a higher set of defaults at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Streams Settings= So the point being in the order that you do things. You want to do your overall default setting last. This is how I advised someone who asked Can someone please tell me how to force Windows to keep the seperate folder view settings I choose? I have checked and rechecked the box in folder options for it to remember, but it has no memory for that issue. To be more specific; I want to always have the thumbnail view in My Pictures and also in the Control Panel Dialog, but every time I open them I have to manually set that view. Set Control Panel how you want then Tools - View - Apply To All Folders. This sets the global default and the Control Panel type of objects defaults (but the system default remains the same - it can't be changed but all other defaults/settings override it). Then go to an ordinary folder (as My Pics is for this feature) and set it how you want all folders but CP. Then Tools - View - Apply To All Folders. This sets the global default and the file folder type of object defaults (CP's default settings will still override the global). Then set My Pics how you want it and do nothing else as we are saving it by the checkbox Remember Folder Settings AND BY THE PATH WE GOT THERE. EG Desktop\My Comp\C:\Documents & Settings\user name\My Docs\My Pics is a different setting to Desktop\My Comp\My Docs\My Pics There is some searching for similar settings but the path used, if too different, means it won't find the settings for similar named folders. The system defaults (and saved settings for individual folders already opened) are the only setting unless you've done an Apply To All, eg no global or type defaults. Plus if you hold down control and click close while in a file folder it also updates HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer Shellstate= This is mainly setting irrelevent things except it holds the global sort, which all the others override. But File Open dialog boxes only use this setting, so it basically only affects sorting in File Open dialogs. But it seems that sometimes an earlier windows versions setting get written here and other settings then aren't saved typedef struct { BOOL fShowAllObjects:1; BOOL fShowExtensions:1; BOOL fNoConfirmRecycle:1; BOOL fShowSysFiles:1; BOOL fShowCompColor:1; BOOL fDoubleClickInWebView:1; BOOL fDesktopHTML:1; BOOL fWin95Classic:1; BOOL fDontPrettyPath:1; BOOL fShowAttribCol:1; BOOL fMapNetDrvBtn:1; BOOL fShowInfoTip:1; BOOL fHideIcons:1; BOOL fWebView:1; BOOL fFilter:1; BOOL fShowSuperHidden:1; BOOL fNoNetCrawling:1; DWORD dwWin95Unused; UINT uWin95Unused; LONG lParamSort; int iSortDirection; UINT version; UINT uNotUsed; BOOL fSepProcess:1; BOOL fStartPanelOn:1; BOOL fShowStartPage:1; UINT fSpareFlags:13; } SHELLSTATE, *LPSHSHELLSTATE; "xramx" wrote in message ups.com... My original query requested a way to change the Tile view used as the default in Windows Explorer. As of yet, no one has suggested a way to do this. I was surprised see many discussion about or around this topic when I searched the web and newsgroups, but no source provided any solution to how one customizes to a mixture of Detail View and Thumbnail View WITHOUT going thru the View menu for every individual folder. For any substantial computer system, this is somewhere between tedious and impractical. Even if one goes thru the process for each folder, should it ever get reset back to the default, severe depression would set in if on has lots of thumbnail directories (Like 5 years of digital camera pictures). In the hope I have overlooked some variation which could yield the desired results, I will document my conclusion and at the end of this message, the exact steps I went thru to reach them. [By the way, in the Scenarios below, there are some apparent extra steps. I put these in to maximize repeatability.] Here are my conclusions: 1) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Unchecked, the default view is Icon and changing the view for any folder changes the view for ALL. (See Scenarios 1 & 4) 2) With "Remember each Folder's view Settings" Checked, · Reset all Folders results in a context sensitive default view (Senario 2) (which is pretty good if only it would use Detail view instead of Tile view for non picture files.) · Detail View can only be applied to individual folders or All folders (Senario 3 & 5) · AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, the Apply to all Subfolders option in the Customize this Folder does not work. (Senerio 5) Please feel free to correct me or suggest other alternatives. Ram Detail Process: Scenario 1 1. OPEN Windows Explorer 2. Click Tool then Folder Options 3. Click Restore Defaults on General tab 4. On View tab, uncheck 'remember folder views" 5. Click Reset All Folders 6. Click Yes to Reset all folders dialog popup 7. Click Apply, then OK on Folder Options to close 8. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 9. All folders display in icon view 10. Select folder (I'll call Pictures) which has lots of subfolders (named by date) containing jpg files 11. Click View menu, then Customize this folder 12. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders 13. Click apply. The picture folder and all subfolders now display in thumbnail view .... AS DOES EVERY OTHER FOLDER ON MY MULTIPLE HARD DRIVES!!!! Definitely not what I wanted!!! Scenario 2 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 9a. Click Tool then Folder Options & On View tab, CHECK "remember folder views", click apply, then ok to close 10. Close Windows Explorer, then reopen 11. Folders/Files are displayed in a context sensitive fashion ... some tiled, some filmstrip, some thumbnails .... Scenario 3 ("Remember Folder View" checked) 1 to 11 Same as Scenario 2 12. Select a folder (I'll call Data) which has lots of subfolders by application with diverse types of files presently displayed in Tile 13. Clicking View, then detail changes the specific folder (Data), but none of the subfolders 13. Clicking View, then Customize this Folder does not offer a Detail view in the drop down (the Documents selection displays Tile) Note: Don't need to change any folders to thumbnail since they all display in thumbnail already (see 11 in Scenario 2) Scenario 4 1 to 9 Same as Scenario 1 ("Remember Folder View" unchecked) 10. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 11. Click View, then Details - As in scenario 1 Data changes to detail view, but so do all folders and subfolders everywhere Scenario 5 All steps in Scenario 2. ("Remember Folder View" checked & in "default View) 12. Select Data Folder (see Scenario 3, step 12) 13. Click View, then Details - (Data folder contents displays details, but subfolders remain in Tile) 14. Click Tools, Folder Options, View, Apply to All folders - Respond Yes to Popup 15. All Folders everywhere are now in Detail View. 16. Select Pictures folder (see Scenario 1, step 10) - currently shown in Detail View 17. Click View, Customize This Folder 18. On the Customize tab, select Pictures (best for many files) & check the Also apply this template to all subfolders - Click Apply & Ok 19 The Pictures folder has changed to thumbnail, but the apply to subfolders was ignored & all remain in detail view. |
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After reading David Candy's post above several times (whew ..) & trying
some actions I thought might be different, nothing has changed. I think the clearest statement of the problem is that using the "Apply to All Folders" funtion causes the "Apply to Subfolders" option of the "Customize this Folder" in the View menu to NOT WORK!!! Well, I guess the next step is to look at Windows Explorer Replacements. If anyone know of one that specifically solves this problem, I'd appreciate you letting me know. ram |
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After reading David Candy's post above several times & trying some
actions I thought might be different, nothing has changed. I think the clearest statement of the problem is that using the "Apply to All Folders" funtion causes the "Apply to Subfolders" option of the "Customize this Folder" in the View menu to NOT WORK!!! Well, I guess the next step is to look at Windows Explorer Replacements. If anyone know of one that specifically solves this problem, I'd appreciate you letting me know. ram |
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Try this. Uncheck Remember Views. Customise a starting folder (maybe My Docs
or drag My Pics to the desktop as a shortcut) as thumbnails. Every time you open this window every folder you view will be thumbnails. Repeat for another folder (say My Computer) and set it to Details. Microsoft are proud of their stupid alogarithms. Yet noone understands it so noone can predict what might happen. "xramx" wrote in message oups.com... After reading David Candy's post above several times & trying some actions I thought might be different, nothing has changed. I think the clearest statement of the problem is that using the "Apply to All Folders" funtion causes the "Apply to Subfolders" option of the "Customize this Folder" in the View menu to NOT WORK!!! Well, I guess the next step is to look at Windows Explorer Replacements. If anyone know of one that specifically solves this problem, I'd appreciate you letting me know. ram |
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AMAZING!
I just tried a variation of what David Candy suggested above & he's right!!! With Remember Views unchecked, each instance of the Windows explorer can have it's own view!!! Of all folders!!! Here's what I did. I have a shortcut for the Windows Explorer on my desktop. I clicked it to open, set Remember Views off, & used view to set the current selected folder to detail. As in my related senario's, ALL folders now have a Detail view. Now I opened a second instance of Windows Explorer this time setting the folder to Thumbnail. Again all folders changed to Thumbnail .... BUT the view in the other open Explorer didn't change .. it remained Detail. I clicked around to many folders in each Explorer & they were consistent within themselves. So this means that when remember is unchecked, the view is associated with the running Explorer ... not the Folders themselves. I'm going to think about this over night & maybe try some variations, but it does seem to provide the basis for a solution ... having 2 open explorers is not that big a deal. Thank You David Candy ... ram |
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As I said, if only people could predict what will happen. That long post is
10 years of research (in August). "xramx" wrote in message oups.com... AMAZING! I just tried a variation of what David Candy suggested above & he's right!!! With Remember Views unchecked, each instance of the Windows explorer can have it's own view!!! Of all folders!!! Here's what I did. I have a shortcut for the Windows Explorer on my desktop. I clicked it to open, set Remember Views off, & used view to set the current selected folder to detail. As in my related senario's, ALL folders now have a Detail view. Now I opened a second instance of Windows Explorer this time setting the folder to Thumbnail. Again all folders changed to Thumbnail .... BUT the view in the other open Explorer didn't change .. it remained Detail. I clicked around to many folders in each Explorer & they were consistent within themselves. So this means that when remember is unchecked, the view is associated with the running Explorer ... not the Folders themselves. I'm going to think about this over night & maybe try some variations, but it does seem to provide the basis for a solution ... having 2 open explorers is not that big a deal. Thank You David Candy ... ram |
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