bp

"Mark Bourne" wrote:

> 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?



Yeah I noticed that yesterday But I don't want "types" either I just want a
folder to open and have file names in detail view FOR ALL OF MY FOLDERS
Is there a place to set the "types" to a default view?

I can't tell if they are really changing until I can set them all.
Where does it say in a folder what type you are viewing? How do I know when
a folder is of a different "type" ? How many types are there? etc etc.
Why would they make something so simple so complicated? ;-)

>
> 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.
> >>
>