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Can I set a default folder view to details?
Can I set the default in XP pro and home to open new folders in details view and any removable volume like a flash/jump drive when I open it? I like the details view and do not like the folders opening up in tiles view or any other view. Do new folders just made open in the view of the last opened folder?
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
From: "DJW"
Can I set the default in XP pro and home to open new folders in details view and any removable volume like a flash/jump drive when I open it? I like the details view and do not like the folders opening up in tiles view or any other view. Do new folders just made open in the view of the last opened folder? Set the settings you want under "Folder Options" and then such things and the sort and view. Then check "Apply to Folders". That will set the default of how a folder appears when opened. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
On Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:10:31 PM UTC-6, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "DJW" Can I set the default in XP pro and home to open new folders in details view and any removable volume like a flash/jump drive when I open it? I like the details view and do not like the folders opening up in tiles view or any other view. Do new folders just made open in the view of the last opened folder? Set the settings you want under "Folder Options" and then such things and the sort and view. Then check "Apply to Folders". That will set the default of how a folder appears when opened. When I open up the folder options control panel and then go to the views tab the “apply to all folders” button is grayed out. And if I open a folder then change it to details view either before or after I have the folder options control panel open it does nothing to make it a button not grayed out to be able to hit. I see no place to tell it that detail view is what I want for all folders. |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
From: "DJW"
Set the settings you want under "Folder Options" and then such things and the sort and view. Then check "Apply to Folders". That will set the default of how a folder appears when opened. When I open up the folder options control panel and then go to the views tab the “apply to all folders” button is grayed out. And if I open a folder then change it to details view either before or after I have the folder options control panel open it does nothing to make it a button not grayed out to be able to hit. I see no place to tell it that detail view is what I want for all folders. Don't use the Control Panel applet. Go to My Computer. Double-Click on "C:" Tools -- folder options -- view -- Apply to All Folders -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
On Friday, February 1, 2013 11:31:33 AM UTC-6, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "DJW" Set the settings you want under "Folder Options" and then such things and the sort and view. Then check "Apply to Folders". That will set the default of how a folder appears when opened. When I open up the folder options control panel and then go to the views tab the “apply to all folders” button is grayed out. And if I open a folder then change it to details view either before or after I have the folder options control panel open it does nothing to make it a button not grayed out to be able to hit. I see no place to tell it that detail view is what I want for all folders. Don't use the Control Panel applet. Go to My Computer. Double-Click on "C:" Tools -- folder options -- view -- Apply to All Folders -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp Thanks that did it was confused between the folder applet and the menu command why the difference? |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
From: "DJW"
Thanks that did it was confused between the folder applet and the menu command why the difference? It is unknown why Microsoft does that. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "DJW" Thanks that did it was confused between the folder applet and the menu command why the difference? It is unknown why Microsoft does that. It's a "feature" -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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Can I set a default folder view to details?
"DJW" wrote in message
... On Friday, February 1, 2013 11:31:33 AM UTC-6, David H. Lipman wrote: From: "JW" Set the settings you want under "Folder Options" and then such things and the sort and view. Then check "Apply to Folders". That will set the default of how a folder appears when opened. When I open up the folder options control panel and then go to the views tab the “apply to all folders” button is grayed out. And if I open a folder then change it to details view either before or after I have the folder options control panel open it does nothing to make it a button not grayed out to be able to hit. I see no place to tell it that detail view is what I want for all folders. Don't use the Control Panel applet. Go to My Computer. Double-Click on "C:" Tools -- folder options -- view -- Apply to All Folders Thanks that did it was confused between the folder applet and the menu command why the difference? When you open a folder in My Computer (or Windows Explorer) and make a change in the View settings, like changing to details view, that activates the button to 'Apply to all folders' when you open the Tools Folder Options dialog in that window. When you open the Control Panel applet for Folder Options, you don't have any folder open in that window, so the button isn't active. Sometimes, if that still doesn't make the setting hold for all folders, do it again but after setting to 'Apply to all folders', when done, close the My Computer window by holding down the CTRL key while clicking the X in the upper right to close. That "sticks" the changes. Even after making the 'Apply to all folders' setting, you can still set a few individual folders to another view. I have all folders set to Details, but prefer the main window of My Computer that shows my drives, to be in Icons view with a different Sort Order. Once the Details setting is applied for all folders, you can open a specific folder that you want set differently, make the Vies setting you want there, press F5 to Refresh the view, then close the folder window by holding the CTRL key while clicking the X in the upper right corner of the window. That way, you can set some folder differently, such as if you have some folders of pictures you want to set to Filmstrip or Thumbnails. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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