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I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view
'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R |
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Bill R wrote:
I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. -- Joe =o) |
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Bill R wrote:
I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. -- Joe =o) |
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Elmo,
the OP is not talking about being able to see the "detailed" view in "Open As..." / "Save As..." dialog boxes. But has the problem of having once set "detailed view" in a folder... (and, presumably, pressing on the "Reset All Folders" button in "Folder Options" View ) ....finds that (the default view of ) folders are then returning to be seen as "view as icons"!! This is a problem I can attest to having seen in XP wherever the XP os installed. Indeed - *many* options (usually "inconsequential" aesthetic options) often "revert" back to either their old values or change, seemingly at random, to other configurations not of my choosing! It is just something, to a lesser or greater extent, common to most Windows versions - but XP in particular. Just count myself lucky that this "quirk" of XP's doesn't usually affect more serious system and hardware configuration settings and is usually just limited to Window's "appearance" and "effects" options... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... Bill R wrote: I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. -- Joe =o) |
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Elmo,
the OP is not talking about being able to see the "detailed" view in "Open As..." / "Save As..." dialog boxes. But has the problem of having once set "detailed view" in a folder... (and, presumably, pressing on the "Reset All Folders" button in "Folder Options" View ) ....finds that (the default view of ) folders are then returning to be seen as "view as icons"!! This is a problem I can attest to having seen in XP wherever the XP os installed. Indeed - *many* options (usually "inconsequential" aesthetic options) often "revert" back to either their old values or change, seemingly at random, to other configurations not of my choosing! It is just something, to a lesser or greater extent, common to most Windows versions - but XP in particular. Just count myself lucky that this "quirk" of XP's doesn't usually affect more serious system and hardware configuration settings and is usually just limited to Window's "appearance" and "effects" options... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... Bill R wrote: I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. -- Joe =o) |
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Tim Meddick wrote:
Elmo, the OP is not talking about being able to see the "detailed" view in "Open As..." / "Save As..." dialog boxes. But has the problem of having once set "detailed view" in a folder... (and, presumably, pressing on the "Reset All Folders" button in "Folder Options" View ) ...finds that (the default view of ) folders are then returning to be seen as "view as icons"!! This is a problem I can attest to having seen in XP wherever the XP os installed. Indeed - *many* options (usually "inconsequential" aesthetic options) often "revert" back to either their old values or change, seemingly at random, to other configurations not of my choosing! It is just something, to a lesser or greater extent, common to most Windows versions - but XP in particular. Just count myself lucky that this "quirk" of XP's doesn't usually affect more serious system and hardware configuration settings and is usually just limited to Window's "appearance" and "effects" options... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... Bill R wrote: I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. OK, thanks. I believe Kelly's ABC page addresses that, but I didn't look that closely. Merry Christmas. -- Joe =o) |
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Tim Meddick wrote:
Elmo, the OP is not talking about being able to see the "detailed" view in "Open As..." / "Save As..." dialog boxes. But has the problem of having once set "detailed view" in a folder... (and, presumably, pressing on the "Reset All Folders" button in "Folder Options" View ) ...finds that (the default view of ) folders are then returning to be seen as "view as icons"!! This is a problem I can attest to having seen in XP wherever the XP os installed. Indeed - *many* options (usually "inconsequential" aesthetic options) often "revert" back to either their old values or change, seemingly at random, to other configurations not of my choosing! It is just something, to a lesser or greater extent, common to most Windows versions - but XP in particular. Just count myself lucky that this "quirk" of XP's doesn't usually affect more serious system and hardware configuration settings and is usually just limited to Window's "appearance" and "effects" options... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... Bill R wrote: I think it is reasonable to assume that once configured the option to view 'Details' in Windows Explorer should not change until it is re-configured. Having said that my old computer had a habit (several times a day) to change from 'Details' to 'Icons' which was very annoying. I thought it may be an error somewhere within the software. However. I now have a new computer freshly installed with Windows XP Pro which is doing the same thing - which makes it even more annoying still. Has anyone seen this problem and know how to fix it please? Thanks. Bill R Maybe one of these: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 85. Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As Also go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and click "D". Scroll down to "Detail View" and see the many suggestions listed there. OK, thanks. I believe Kelly's ABC page addresses that, but I didn't look that closely. Merry Christmas. -- Joe =o) |
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I think not, I believe the Kelly's item on the "XP Tweaks" page concerns the setting
of the Open / Save As... dialog boxes only (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Item No. 85). The Kelly's item in question re-directs you to a [3rd-party] download (FileOpenPatcher.exe) that "hacks" the file "Comdlg32.dll" which is responsible for the "Open" and "Save As..." dialogs. It does this in order for you to specify the size of the dialogs and makes them appear in "Detailed" view by default. All this has no effect on the way Windows Explorer displays it's folder views, however. The only setting I have found that may have an effect is this : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "Bag MRU Size"=dword:00000FA0 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam] "Bag MRU Size"=dword:00000FA0 The above registry setting sets the number of "remembered" folder views. Set it to 4000 (Hex: FA0) This setting is also available in XP's TweakUI.exe under "Explorer" "Customizations" TweakUI : http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe You should also make sure that the setting in "Control Panel" "Folder Options" "View" tab "Remember each folder's view settings" has a "checkmark" in the box. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... clipped |
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I think not, I believe the Kelly's item on the "XP Tweaks" page concerns the setting
of the Open / Save As... dialog boxes only (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Item No. 85). The Kelly's item in question re-directs you to a [3rd-party] download (FileOpenPatcher.exe) that "hacks" the file "Comdlg32.dll" which is responsible for the "Open" and "Save As..." dialogs. It does this in order for you to specify the size of the dialogs and makes them appear in "Detailed" view by default. All this has no effect on the way Windows Explorer displays it's folder views, however. The only setting I have found that may have an effect is this : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "Bag MRU Size"=dword:00000FA0 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam] "Bag MRU Size"=dword:00000FA0 The above registry setting sets the number of "remembered" folder views. Set it to 4000 (Hex: FA0) This setting is also available in XP's TweakUI.exe under "Explorer" "Customizations" TweakUI : http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe You should also make sure that the setting in "Control Panel" "Folder Options" "View" tab "Remember each folder's view settings" has a "checkmark" in the box. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Elmo" wrote in message ... clipped |
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