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I set "MY PICTURES" folder to display thumbnails, and want my other files to
display like icons. Thing is, it goes one way or the other. I had it on my previous install of XP but with this fresh install, it seems like this is just one headache after another. I tried the folder settings and view tab, and nothing. How did i get each folder to display in it's own way before? and can i do it again? |
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"Foreign1" wrote: I set "MY PICTURES" folder to display thumbnails, and want my other files to display like icons. Thing is, it goes one way or the other. I had it on my previous install of XP but with this fresh install, it seems like this is just one headache after another. I tried the folder settings and view tab, and nothing. How did i get each folder to display in it's own way before? and can i do it again? |
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I tried that and to no avail, it seems i have to regsvr32 /i everything for
some reason, my add/remove wasn't showing any programs till i did that. Is there a .dll that deals with the way folders are displayed? "Foreign1" wrote: I set "MY PICTURES" folder to display thumbnails, and want my other files to display like icons. Thing is, it goes one way or the other. I had it on my previous install of XP but with this fresh install, it seems like this is just one headache after another. I tried the folder settings and view tab, and nothing. How did i get each folder to display in it's own way before? and can i do it again? |
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But that won't help you.
The store may be corrupt. Type regedit in Start Run and delete all these = keys. Then read the last section carefully (Apply to All). 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\Cabi= netState and delete the value Settings HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Stre= ams HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Stre= amsMRU (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. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D 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).=20 By default the Remember each folder's view settings option is enabled. = When you choose to leave this setting enabled, the following happens:=20 a.. The changes you make to a folder's view is automatically saved = when you close the folder.=20 b.. The view you use to view one folder is not applied to other = folders.=20 c.. When you open a folder, it opens in the view you used when you = last viewed it.=20 When you clear the check box for Remember each folder's view settings, = the following happens:=20 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.=20 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.=20 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.=20 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.=20 To set all folders to the same view=20 1.. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, set the view to your = preference.=20 2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.=20 3.. In the Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab.=20 4.. Under Folder Views, click Like Current Folder.=20 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.=20 Windows 2000 Resource Kit =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D And check NoSaveSettings=20 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer=20 Data type Range Default value=20 REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0 =20 Description Prevents users from saving certain changes to the=20 desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes,=20 such as the positions of open windows and the size and=20 position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log=20 off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved. This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings=20 at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the=20 registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If=20 you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group=20 Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system=20 behaves as though the value is 0. Value Meaning=20 0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or=20 not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.=20 1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are not saved.=20 Windows 2000 Resource Kit Reference =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D Saved folder settings are stored in BagMRU. Defaults and = network/removable drives are stored in Streams key (as everything was in = earlier versions).=20 You have to do Apply To All while in a file folder.=20 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=20 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Stre= ams\Defaults=20 {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=20 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Stre= ams=20 Settings=3D=20 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=20 the seperate folder view settings I choose? I have=20 checked and rechecked the box in folder options for it to=20 remember, but it has no memory for that issue. To be more=20 specific; I want to always have the thumbnail view in My=20 Pictures and also in the Control Panel Dialog, but every=20 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=20 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer=20 Shellstate=3D=20 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; --=20 ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.uscricket.com "Foreign1" wrote in message = ... I tried that and to no avail, it seems i have to regsvr32 /i everything = for=20 some reason, my add/remove wasn't showing any programs till i did = that. Is=20 there a .dll that deals with the way folders are displayed? =20 "Foreign1" wrote: =20 I set "MY PICTURES" folder to display thumbnails, and want my other = files to=20 display like icons. Thing is, it goes one way or the other. I had it = on my=20 previous install of XP but with this fresh install, it seems like = this is=20 just one headache after another. I tried the folder settings and view = tab,=20 and nothing. How did i get each folder to display in it's own way = before? and=20 can i do it again? |
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