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Old 08-04-2007   #2 (permalink)
Ian Betts


 
 

Re: Can I change the default view scheme of Explorer?



"Cat" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1186224153.910597.9800@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I sometimes need to view a folder in 'Details' mode. but each and
> every time I do it for a new folder which contains video files,
> Explorer shows 'Name, Date Taken, Tags, Size, Rating', while what I
> actually need is 'Name, Type, Size, Date modified'. I don't have a
> video camera, and I don't make videos, so I won't ever need 'Date
> Taken'. Plus I don't use Tags or Rating.
>
> Of course I can manually change columns but it is tedious to do this
> each time for new folders. The default view schemes are editable or
> are they hard-coded so cannot be changed?
>
> This is not the only reason I need to change the view schemes. For
> example, the common Open File Dialog always shows video folders with
> 'Medium icons' but I need to view them in 'Large icons'. Currently I
> manually change view settings for each folder...
>
>

Right click in the column header and choose who and what you want in you
columns from the drop menu.

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Ian

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