You're welcome. Glad it's fixed.
If you happened to use 'Apply to Folders' from a folder that had the
SingleSelect problem, it may have gotten saved in another part of the
registry. I'm going to add repair functionality for that as well -- it's
just that I wrote the script in a hurry before leaving on a trip.
In Vista, 'Apply to Folders' now works on a per-template basis: All Items,
Documents, Pictures, Music Icons, Music Details, Videos & Contacts can each
have
different default settings. So you'll need to use 'Apply to Folders' once
for each folder type. Namespace folders such as Desktop, Computer, Control
Panel, etc are each their own type as well -- so they won't pick up the
default setting you have set. But they should remember their view once you
have changed it to your liking.
I know it seems like a hassle, but a lot of XP users were bothered by the
universal 'Apply to all folders' -- they may have wanted Artist & Album
columns in all their music folders, but those columns make no sense for
Pictures or Documents.
I'm trying to wrap my head around a way to script what users such as
yourself want -- a quick way to set some general view preferences. But no
promises on when I'll have that :-)
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
"Eran" <nospam@thank.you> wrote in message
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> Thanks Keith, it worked.
>
> I am not sure exactly what I did that caused it, but I have been trying to
> get explorer to stick with the "List View" Setting. I can't stand it
> changing for every folder. However, regardless of unchecking "Remember
> each
> folder's view settings" and clicking the "Apply to all Folders" button, I
> cannot get the "List View" to stick. Perhaps playing with these settings
> caused the problem.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get the "List View" to stick to all folders?
>
> The article that Alexsey referenced suggests that if one was to delete all
> subkeys of
> HKCU\Software\Classes\Local
> Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags,
> then it would reset all folder settings. The script you provided did
> update
> these subkeys to fix the problem.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Eran
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:ukw$7dKaHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> It's a quirk that's been showing up on some machines. Don't know what
> causes it. Can you think of what apps you accessed this folder with or
> anything you did differently with it?
>
> Here's a bare-bones script that should fix the problem. Right-click the
> link & select 'Save to Disk'
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FixSingleSelect.zip
>
> Close all explorer windows before running the script. Log off & back on
> after running the script before you open any Explorer windows.
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "Eran" <nospam@thank.you> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I can't select multiple files in "my computer (explorer)" using the ctrl
>> and
>> shift keys.
>> I can't even multiple select with the mouse.
>>
>> Any ideas how to fix this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eran
>>
>