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Folder Views Randomly Change?
I always use Details sorted by name and Tools | Folder Options | Apply
to All Folders has been invoked. But sometime in the last few months, I've started to see folders opening up in List mode - and not sorted by name, so I have to do a View | Details, and then click the "Name" column header. Anybody else seeing this? My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. -- Pete Cresswell |
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On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:17:24 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
I always use Details sorted by name and Tools | Folder Options | Apply to All Folders has been invoked. But sometime in the last few months, I've started to see folders opening up in List mode - and not sorted by name, so I have to do a View | Details, and then click the "Name" column header. Anybody else seeing this? My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. Don't know if it's a bu or a "feature", but Explorer sometimes forget all folder view settings if the folder view settings storage is full. Normally, when it's full, the oldest setting is discarded when a new one need to be added, but sometimes, it just forgets them all and uses the saved default setting. The TweakUI tool do provide setting to adjust the folder view settings storage size - the number of folder views it can hold. The number of folder iews is equal to the number of unique folder paths you have viewed. But it only give more time. Explorer will eventually forgets them all. So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. |
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Per JJ:
So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. What do you use now? -- Pete Cresswell |
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JJ wrote:
On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:17:24 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: I always use Details sorted by name and Tools | Folder Options | Apply to All Folders has been invoked. But sometime in the last few months, I've started to see folders opening up in List mode - and not sorted by name, so I have to do a View | Details, and then click the "Name" column header. Anybody else seeing this? My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. Don't know if it's a bu or a "feature", but Explorer sometimes forget all folder view settings if the folder view settings storage is full. Normally, when it's full, the oldest setting is discarded when a new one need to be added, but sometimes, it just forgets them all and uses the saved default setting. The TweakUI tool do provide setting to adjust the folder view settings storage size - the number of folder views it can hold. The number of folder iews is equal to the number of unique folder paths you have viewed. But it only give more time. Explorer will eventually forgets them all. So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. I thought it stored 200 settings by default, but it says here it stored 400. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderviews.htm There's a so-called "workaround" at the bottom of that page as well, but I don't follow what they're trying to do. They're attempting to reset all the folders, but it almost looks like you're supposed to do it twice or something. Paul |
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:12:55 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
What do you use now? FreeCommander. But it doesn't use shell namespace nor looks like Explorer. For Explorer-like file manager, use Explorer++. |
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Folder Views Randomly Change?
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
... I always use Details sorted by name and Tools | Folder Options | Apply to All Folders has been invoked. But sometime in the last few months, I've started to see folders opening up in List mode - and not sorted by name, so I have to do a View | Details, and then click the "Name" column header. Anybody else seeing this? My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. -- Pete Cresswell Hi Pete, Montage (http://www.ideaxchg.com/montage/) can launch Windows Explorer in a consistent state. I use it for Explorer (as well as other apps) to quickly restore window layouts. For Explorer in particular it also restores the View mode (Icons/List/Details/Thumbnails/etc.) and Folders Treeview ON/OFF setting. Mike |
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On 10/22/2013 5:12 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per JJ: So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. What do you use now? I like good old fashioned Winfile.exe. You can get it here under 'Utilities for XP': http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm -- Ed Mc Nam Vet '66-'67 Semper Fi |
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Folder Views Randomly Change?
On 10/22/2013 5:12 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per JJ: So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. What do you use now? I like good old fashioned Winfile.exe. You can get it here under 'Utilities for XP': http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm -- Ed Mc |
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Motor T wrote:
On 10/22/2013 5:12 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per JJ: So, I stopped using Explorer as a file manager after realizing this behaviour. What do you use now? I like good old fashioned Winfile.exe. You can get it here under 'Utilities for XP': http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm -- Ed Mc Except (as I recall) it has issues with long file names (due to its age) - like if you use it to rename or perhaps even copy files, you may lose the long file names. |
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Per (PeteCresswell):
My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. Hopefully, this issue just became moot. Had way too much money laying around, so I went out and bought a new mobo and an Intel Core i7-4770k CPU. Was hoping for maybe 25% better response time. Sheesh!..... some operations seem to have speeded up by 200-300%. And my IP cam server, which was bringing the old box to it's knees (as in high nineties CPU usage - such that I had to install a utility to downgrade it's CPU access) is only taking 10-15% of the new box's CPU. All-in-all, a pleasant surprise. -- Pete Cresswell --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per (PeteCresswell): My first reaction is user RCI, but I can't figure out what I might have done. Hopefully, this issue just became moot. Had way too much money laying around, so I went out and bought a new mobo and an Intel Core i7-4770k CPU. Was hoping for maybe 25% better response time. Sheesh!..... some operations seem to have speeded up by 200-300%. And my IP cam server, which was bringing the old box to it's knees (as in high nineties CPU usage - such that I had to install a utility to downgrade it's CPU access) is only taking 10-15% of the new box's CPU. All-in-all, a pleasant surprise. That just means you'll be adding more IP cams :-) Paul |
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Per Paul:
And my IP cam server, which was bringing the old box to it's knees (as in high nineties CPU usage - such that I had to install a utility to downgrade it's CPU access) is only taking 10-15% of the new box's CPU. All-in-all, a pleasant surprise. That just means you'll be adding more IP cams :-) At the risk of sounding like a Ginsu Cutlery ad: But wait, there's more!.... This thing is only pulling half the watts that the old box was. 60-70 vs 130-140.... but I'm guessing a good part of that is the industrial-strength graphics card on the old box vs on-board video on the new... -- Pete Cresswell --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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