Mark Bourne

bp wrote:
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" wrote:
>
>> First & foremost:
>>
>> 'Organize' -> 'Folder & Search Options' -> 'View' tab (or Alt+T -> 'Folder
>> Options')
>>
>> Make sure that 'Remember each folder's view settings is checked'
>>
>> As for a specific folder forgetting it's view, folder views are unique based
>> on the namespace path to the folder -- the saved view for
>> 'Desktop\UserName\Pictures' has no bearing on the view of
>> 'Desktop\Computer\c:\Users\UserName\Pictures', it can remember different
>> view settings -- even use a different template. So make sure that's not the
>> cause of the discrepancy that you are seeing.
>
> THEN WHAT GOOD IS THE OPTION TO SET ALL FOLDER TO CURRENT VIEW IF IT ISN"T
> GOING TO LISTEN?!
>
They above is about how each *individual* folder's view is remembered,
not about setting all folders to the current view. As I understand it,
when you set all folders OF THE SAME TYPE to the current view, it should
clear any settings remembered per-folder.

The bit that seems to keep tripping people up (understandably, as the
change isn't exactly obvious) is that the button which used to set ALL
folders to the current view now only sets all folders OF THE SAME TYPE
to the current view. And who actually carefully reads the text next to a
button they've been using for the last 7 years?

That, however, isn't the problem I'm having. The problem I have is that
the view or even type of individual folders keeps changing, apparently
at random, without me doing anything to change it. Maybe because of the
namespace path thing Keith mentioned, but I don't think that is it.
Maybe the content-sniffing, and I'll be trying the registry hack Keith
suggested to stop that.

> Stupid VISTA
>> To obtain some consistency, you might want to consider using 'Apply to
>> Folders'. 'Apply to Folders' in Vista works on a per-template basis.
>> Different
>> defaults can be saved for 'All Items', 'Documents', 'Pictures & Video', etc.
>> You need to be sure of what template the current folder is using before
>> using 'Apply to Folders'.
>>
>
> I just want a stinking DETAIL view for EVERYTHING how is that done?
>
Find a folder of each type (or use one folder and change it to each type
in turn), change its view and apply to all folders of that type. By
default, detail view for "Documents" contains different columns than
detail view for "All Items" etc., so you might want to change the
columns to what you want as well before applying to all similar folders.
Maybe there's an easier way, but there's only 5 different types to change.

If you don't want the view of individual folders remembered, you may
also want to turn OFF the option to "remember each folder's view settings".

>
>> This also means that the default will only be applied to folders of that
>> type.
>>
>> As for over-zealous content-sniffing (forcing the Pictures template on a
>> folder), you can kill that with the following regedit. It will override
>> autosense & set the template for any folder without a saved view as 'All
>> Items'.
>>
>> Copy the text between the lines below into notepad & save as a .reg file.
>> Watch out for line wrap -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...\Shell] is all one line,
>> there is a space between 'Local' and 'Settings'.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>>
>> "Mark Bourne" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:uaN973nfHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Using Explorer on Windows Vista Business, I've noticed that the folder
>>> view settings keep randomly changing.
>>>
>>> For example, one folder yesterday was set to "Details" view. Today, I
>>> opened the folder and it is in "Tiles" view. The main "Computer" view
>>> yesterday was "Tiles", grouped by drive type, today it is in "List view
>>> and not grouped. I have also had some folders even randomly changing type
>>> ("All Items", "Pictures and Videos", "Music Icons" etc.) This was
>>> particularly annoying when it decided that the root of the C: drive was a
>>> music folder, as there is no option to "Customise" this folder and put it
>>> back to "All Items"!
>>>
>>> I don't do anything to change the view of these folders, nor anything
>>> which would affect the view of all folders (ie. clicking "Apply to
>>> Folders" in the folder options).
>>>
>>> Does anyone know why this happens, and what I can do to stop it happening?
>>> I understand there are some registry keys which control this, but I don't
>>> see why they would keep randomly changing like this.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark.
>>