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Old 04-01-2007   #10 (permalink)
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)


 
 

Re: Default view of folders reverts back to previous settings.

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:20:07 -0500, "Keith Miller MVP"
>"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"


>> I want List view everywhere, with a minimum of content groping


>Set the list view for a folder that's using the 'All Items' template, then
>use 'Apply to Folders'. Then override content-sniffing with my 'AllFolders'


>--------------------------------------------------
>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
>Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
>"FolderType"="NotSpecified"
>
>--------------------------------------------------


>Merging the .reg file will set the 'All Items' template for any folders that
>don't currently have a view saved with a different template. You can clear
>all saved views by deleting the


>"HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags"


>key BEFORE merging the .reg file. If any folders open with a different
>template after clearing the 'Bags' key & merging the .reg file, they most
>likely have a template specified via their desktop.ini file.


Ahh... thanks! I'm a bit confused on the details of how behaviors are
linked to locations; is it all from file system to behaviors via
Desktop.ini, or all forward from CLSIDs to locations, or a combination
of the two? Because it seems to come unstuck easily...




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