"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote:
> What you want, is this "Manage" button feature...
>
> http://cquirke.mvps.org/savereg.htm
Thank you Mr. Quirke. Now that you've shown me this I remembered that my
workstation at work runs Windows 2000. And Windows 2000 deals with
customizations waaaaaay better than Vista. I was just observing this today.
It does exactely what I wanted. I know it is not the same I described on that
e-mai, that was just an idea. But it handles customizations the way I
expected, the way I would be really, really pleased to see on Vista.
I'm using Keith's reg now. I haven't created any new folder yet but, for
now, Windows seems to be behaving well.
Keith, if you're still reading,
could you tell me if it is possible to have the best of both worlds? I mean,
I've noticed that Win2K doesn't have templates, but I like that my Music
folder, my Pictures folder and my Videos folder look different than the rest.
So, could I have the templates applied to those folders and make the rest
behave like Windows 2000? Thank you.
> What you're highlighting is that as one can do more to tailor the
> folder display, the impact of having these changes thrown away becomes
> unacceptable. I agree, a better way is needed - but also one that
> does not spawn such data for other folders that are not customized,
> else we have a scalability and/or bloat issue.
Indeed, that's why I mentioned Windows shouldn't store non customized
folders. They would have a "default" customization applied.
> Bah! I'm a "show me lots of file names quickly" type of dude - if I
> want more info, I'll ask (select and Status, or rt-click Properties)
Well, I am not. But Windows should please us both, shouldn't it?
Andre