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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Hello:
I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Zone Alarm Security Suite 6.1.744.001 |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
eli wrote:
Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Joe wrote:
" Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". =================== Hi Joe: I don't see a "customize" tab under Properties for My Documents. I only see such a tab for other folders. Suggestions? -Eli ************************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
If your column choices aren't being remembered, you've probably reached the limit for saved views.
You can use Kelly's edit: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 2, left-hand column. To clear the currently saved views & up the limit to the max. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "eli" wrote in message ... Joe wrote: " Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". =================== Hi Joe: I don't see a "customize" tab under Properties for My Documents. I only see such a tab for other folders. Suggestions? -Eli ************************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
eli wrote:
Joe wrote: " Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". =================== Hi Joe: I don't see a "customize" tab under Properties for *My Documents*. I only see such a tab for other folders. Suggestions? -Eli ************************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". OK, sorry, I didn't realize that. I looked through the registry and didn't see any place to set the folder type for My Documents either. I suspect a repair of the My Documents folder is needed. Maybe the "Restore My Documents" registry repair will reset its filetype. Located he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 55. Restore My Documents Ah, this Google Groups thread seems to have pin-pointed the solution, though it took a few steps to solve. The first link gives an explanation, and the second, the mentioned Desktop.ini change necessary: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...52bc11f0263b7b http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a51695c34c8e98 -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Keith wrote:
If your column choices aren't being remembered, you've probably reached the limit for saved views. You can use Kelly's edit: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 2, left-hand column. To clear the currently saved views & up the limit to the max. Thanks Keith. I did try the method suggested by that GoogleGroup posted above by Joe. it only worked temporarily. As soon as i access a file in any folder outside of My Documents, those Music right click contect views reappear though. I can even remove those right-click --View musical context items from the "My Music" folder. They don't return. Yet oddly, they do return to the My Documents folder, and absent the needed : Modified, Created vies.... I'm wondering if perhaps you or someone else might be aware of a way to fix this without altering the registry directly, as I have no proficiency, comprehension, nor confidence in such matters. Thanks again: -Eli ************************************************** ************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Joe wrote: " Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". =================== Hi Joe: I don't see a "customize" tab under Properties for *My Documents*. I only see such a tab for other folders. Suggestions? -Eli ************************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". OK, sorry, I didn't realize that. I looked through the registry and didn't see any place to set the folder type for My Documents either. I suspect a repair of the My Documents folder is needed. Maybe the "Restore My Documents" registry repair will reset its filetype. Located he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 55. Restore My Documents Ah, this Google Groups thread seems to have pin-pointed the solution, though it took a few steps to solve. The first link gives an explanation, and the second, the mentioned Desktop.ini change necessary: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...52bc11f0263b7b http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a51695c34c8e98 -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
eli wrote:
Keith wrote: ** *If your column choices aren't being remembered, you've probably reached the limit for saved views. You can use Kelly's edit: **http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm* *Line 2, left-hand column. To clear the currently saved views & up the limit to the max.* * * ** Thanks Keith. I did try the method suggested by that GoogleGroup posted above by Joe. it only worked temporarily. As soon as i access a file in any folder outside of My Documents, those Music right click contect views reappear though. I can even remove those right-click --View musical context items from the "My Music" folder. They don't return. Yet oddly, they do return to the My Documents folder, and absent the needed : Modified, Created vies.... I'm wondering if perhaps you or someone else might be aware of a way to fix this without altering the registry directly, as I have no proficiency, comprehension, nor confidence in such matters. Thanks again: -Eli The .reg file is quite easy to use.. just right-click its link, save it to the Desktop, right-click, click Merge. Were there any differences in the desktop.ini file? -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Eli,
There is no way other than a registry mod to clear the index for saved views, which is the problem when views are not remembered. 'Reset All Folders' clears the view settings themselves, but not the index. As Joe said, you just download the .reg file from Kelly's site & right-click it & select 'Merge'. You should save the file to your desktop so that you can close all explorer windows before merging the file. This will address the problem of changes you make not being remembered and the column selection should be reset as well. Did you have the 'proper' desktop.ini file: [DeleteOnCopy] Owner=user Personalized=5 PersonalizedName=My Documents or had a different one been copied there? The above section only affects the display name under 'My Computer', but if you had a section similar to: [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicArtist that would affect the folder type & column choice & the section should be deleted. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "eli" wrote in message ... Keith wrote: If your column choices aren't being remembered, you've probably reached the limit for saved views. You can use Kelly's edit: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 2, left-hand column. To clear the currently saved views & up the limit to the max. Thanks Keith. I did try the method suggested by that GoogleGroup posted above by Joe. it only worked temporarily. As soon as i access a file in any folder outside of My Documents, those Music right click contect views reappear though. I can even remove those right-click --View musical context items from the "My Music" folder. They don't return. Yet oddly, they do return to the My Documents folder, and absent the needed : Modified, Created vies.... I'm wondering if perhaps you or someone else might be aware of a way to fix this without altering the registry directly, as I have no proficiency, comprehension, nor confidence in such matters. Thanks again: -Eli ************************************************** ************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Joe wrote: " Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". =================== Hi Joe: I don't see a "customize" tab under Properties for *My Documents*. I only see such a tab for other folders. Suggestions? -Eli ************************************** "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Hello: I'm accustomed to have My Documents icons arrange by date Created with the option of arranging them by Name if needed. I think there was also an "Auto Arrange" option. Yesterday, I noticed a different array of "Views". Instead the list of View options has several irrelevant options such as: Artist Album Title Track Number etc.... I'm able to add the former options by: View---Choose Details and adding the option to view by date created or modified. But it seems I need to do this whenever I open My Documents folder. What is causing this? AND How can I get that back in the main View--Arrange Icons? or the Auto Arrange as I have it in most other folders? Thanks in advance: -Eli Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, change the folder type to "Documents (for any file type)". OK, sorry, I didn't realize that. I looked through the registry and didn't see any place to set the folder type for My Documents either. I suspect a repair of the My Documents folder is needed. Maybe the "Restore My Documents" registry repair will reset its filetype. Located he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 55. Restore My Documents Ah, this Google Groups thread seems to have pin-pointed the solution, though it took a few steps to solve. The first link gives an explanation, and the second, the mentioned Desktop.ini change necessary: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...52bc11f0263b7b http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a51695c34c8e98 -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Keith wrote:
Did you have the 'proper' desktop.ini file: [DeleteOnCopy] Owner=user Personalized=5 PersonalizedName=My Documents or had a different one been copied there? ==================== Thanks again Keith and Joe. Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? -Eli ************************************************** ************************************** "Keith Miller MVP" wrote in message ... Eli, There is no way other than a registry mod to clear the index for saved views, which is the problem when views are not remembered. 'Reset All Folders' clears the view settings themselves, but not the index. As Joe said, you just download the .reg file from Kelly's site & right-click it & select 'Merge'. You should save the file to your desktop so that you can close all explorer windows before merging the file. This will address the problem of changes you make not being remembered and the column selection should be reset as well. Did you have the 'proper' desktop.ini file: [DeleteOnCopy] Owner=user Personalized=5 PersonalizedName=My Documents or had a different one been copied there? The above section only affects the display name under 'My Computer', but if you had a section similar to: [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicArtist that would affect the folder type & column choice & the section should be deleted. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "eli" wrote in message ... Keith wrote: If your column choices aren't being remembered, you've probably reached the limit for saved views. You can use Kelly's edit: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 2, left-hand column. To clear the currently saved views & up the limit to the max. |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
"eli" wrote in message ...
Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files (Recommended)'. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Keith wrote:
"In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files " ============ Thanks Keith.; i think I found the culprit. Here's a copy n paste of that desktop.ini file in the My Documents folder. It shows that it was modified Sept:. 25 ============= [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicAlbum MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&albumID=B937B169-AA06-4623-92AF-5F47ECF752AE&a_id=R%20%20%20%2017171&album=Leon%20 Russell&artistID=471C6631-3889-4148-9566-1E2EE2FEA318&p_id=P%20%20%20%20%205327&artist=Leon %20Russell&locale=409&geoid=f4&version=10.0.0.4036 &userlocale=409 ============================ Exactly how should I modify that file , and should formatting be ON or OFF for that Notepad file? Thanks again: -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 ************************************************** ********** "Keith Miller MVP" wrote in message ... "eli" wrote in message ... Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files (Recommended)'. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
eli wrote:
Keith wrote: *"**In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files "* ** *============* Thanks Keith.; i think I found the culprit. Here's a copy n paste of that desktop.ini file in the My Documents folder. It shows that it was modified Sept:. 25 ============= [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicAlbum MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&albumID=B937B169-AA06-4623-92AF-5F47ECF752AE&a_id=R%20%20%20%2017171&album=Leon%20 Russell&artistID=471C6631-3889-4148-9566-1E2EE2FEA318&p_id=P%20%20%20%20%205327&artist=Leon %20Russell&locale=409&geoid=f4&version=10.0.0.4036 &userlocale=409 ============================ Exactly how should I modify that file , and should formatting be ON or OFF for that Notepad file? Thanks again: -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 ************************************************** ********** "Keith Miller MVP" wrote in message ... "eli" wrote in message ... Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files (Recommended)'. No formatting.. Take the example file in his post, highlight it, copy. Go to Notepad or Wordpad, open the Desktop.ini file, click/swipe across all text to highlight, press Ctrl/V to paste his text over the current text. If it doesn't work right, cancel and try again. -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Joe Wright had written:
No formatting.. Take the example file in his post, highlight it, copy. Go to Notepad or Wordpad, open the Desktop.ini file, click/swipe across all text to highlight, press Ctrl/V to paste his text over the current text. If it doesn't work right, cancel and try again. -- =============== Thank you kindly Joe and Keith. I apreciate your help here. I simply replaced that desktop.ini file as Keith showed above. It was a bit tricky since the user name in the path: C:\Documents and Setting/user/My Documents is but one vowel different from my user logon name. I found it worked better if I used the user logon name than the pathway name. After restoring the desktop.ini file as suggested, I went to Tools-- Folder Options--View and clicked on: Reset all Folders. It seems that the Arrange Icons options remain constant for the My Documents folder, and read exactly as they do for the other logon user: Name, Size, Type, Modified. Furthermore, these don't change when I access files in other folders as happened before. I also see those previous music-based arrange icons options in the My Music folder, as one would expect.....They too seem to be retained ..... As to how that Folder Type =Music Album wended its way into the earlier desktop.ini.....I'm quite perplexed by this.It did say something about Leon Russell and I have one of his songs in My Music folder [ecellent musician...], but I wonder how it managed to alter that file... Anyhow: As of now, all seems well....and I didn't need to use those Kellys- Korner Tweaks...If I run into further problems with this, I'll let you know... Thanks again: -Eli ************************************************** ************************************************** * "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Keith wrote: *"**In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files "* ** *============* Thanks Keith.; i think I found the culprit. Here's a copy n paste of that desktop.ini file in the My Documents folder. It shows that it was modified Sept:. 25 ============= [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicAlbum MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&albumID=B937B169-AA06-4623-92AF-5F47ECF752AE&a_id=R%20%20%20%2017171&album=Leon%20 Russell&artistID=471C6631-3889-4148-9566-1E2EE2FEA318&p_id=P%20%20%20%20%205327&artist=Leon %20Russell&locale=409&geoid=f4&version=10.0.0.4036 &userlocale=409 ============================ Exactly how should I modify that file , and should formatting be ON or OFF for that Notepad file? Thanks again: -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 ************************************************** ********** "Keith Miller MVP" wrote in message ... "eli" wrote in message ... Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files (Recommended)'. No formatting.. Take the example file in his post, highlight it, copy. Go to Notepad or Wordpad, open the Desktop.ini file, click/swipe across all text to highlight, press Ctrl/V to paste his text over the current text. If it doesn't work right, cancel and try again. -- Joe =o) |
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My Documents icons: View option- no longer arranges by date created
Glad it's sorted out.
-- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "eli" wrote in message ... Joe Wright had written: No formatting.. Take the example file in his post, highlight it, copy. Go to Notepad or Wordpad, open the Desktop.ini file, click/swipe across all text to highlight, press Ctrl/V to paste his text over the current text. If it doesn't work right, cancel and try again. -- =============== Thank you kindly Joe and Keith. I apreciate your help here. I simply replaced that desktop.ini file as Keith showed above. It was a bit tricky since the user name in the path: C:\Documents and Setting/user/My Documents is but one vowel different from my user logon name. I found it worked better if I used the user logon name than the pathway name. After restoring the desktop.ini file as suggested, I went to Tools-- Folder Options--View and clicked on: Reset all Folders. It seems that the Arrange Icons options remain constant for the My Documents folder, and read exactly as they do for the other logon user: Name, Size, Type, Modified. Furthermore, these don't change when I access files in other folders as happened before. I also see those previous music-based arrange icons options in the My Music folder, as one would expect.....They too seem to be retained ..... As to how that Folder Type =Music Album wended its way into the earlier desktop.ini.....I'm quite perplexed by this.It did say something about Leon Russell and I have one of his songs in My Music folder [ecellent musician...], but I wonder how it managed to alter that file... Anyhow: As of now, all seems well....and I didn't need to use those Kellys- Korner Tweaks...If I run into further problems with this, I'll let you know... Thanks again: -Eli ************************************************** ************************************************** * "Joe Wright" wrote in message ... eli wrote: Keith wrote: *"**In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files "* ** *============* Thanks Keith.; i think I found the culprit. Here's a copy n paste of that desktop.ini file in the My Documents folder. It shows that it was modified Sept:. 25 ============= [.ShellClassInfo] FolderType=MusicAlbum MusicBuyUrl=http://windowsmedia.com/redir/buynow9.asp?providerName=AMG&albumID=B937B169-AA06-4623-92AF-5F47ECF752AE&a_id=R%20%20%20%2017171&album=Leon%20 Russell&artistID=471C6631-3889-4148-9566-1E2EE2FEA318&p_id=P%20%20%20%20%205327&artist=Leon %20Russell&locale=409&geoid=f4&version=10.0.0.4036 &userlocale=409 ============================ Exactly how should I modify that file , and should formatting be ON or OFF for that Notepad file? Thanks again: -Eli Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 ************************************************** ********** "Keith Miller MVP" wrote in message ... "eli" wrote in message ... Where exactly would I find this particular desktop.ini file? In the 'My Documents' folder. It normally has its 'hidden' and 'system' attributes set, so you need to set folder view options to both 'Show Hidden Files' and turn off 'Hide protected O.S. files (Recommended)'. No formatting.. Take the example file in his post, highlight it, copy. Go to Notepad or Wordpad, open the Desktop.ini file, click/swipe across all text to highlight, press Ctrl/V to paste his text over the current text. If it doesn't work right, cancel and try again. -- Joe =o) |
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