Ian Betts

"ernie" <ernie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Rock" wrote:
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>> "Tony Vella" <tony.vella@rogers.com> wrote
>> >I have a new CP with Windows Vista: When using Windows Explorer I want
>> >to
>> >see contents of folders always as 'list' -- I don't need 'details' and I
>> >don't like 'thumbnails'. Is there a way I can set it up once and for
>> >all
>> >and not have to adjust every time I change folders? Thanks in advance.
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>> To add to Mark's post there are at least five templates that Vista uses
>> and
>> each has to be set. Go to a folder such as \Users, right click on it,
>> Properties, Customize. Under "Use this folder as template" click the
>> down
>> area to see all the types. You'll need to set the view you want in a
>> folder
>> that uses each template. And then after doing that, you'll find Vista
>> has a
>> habit of forgetting the settings from time to time.
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>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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> When I go to users, as you suggest, there are several different types of
> sub
> folders contained under users.
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> So if I select properties for users knowing that the subdirectories are of
> different types where are the views that will be used for each type.
>
> This is such a crazy way that vista randomly and without reason changes
> views.
>
> Could you give a step by step instructions on how to set the properties
> for
> each folder type that vista supports. Also how does Vista decide which
> template to use for each folder?`
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> Does this have enough visibility to get something setup that assures that
> each template gets sets and does not change. Also how does Vista decide
> which template to use for each folder?`
>


Vista makes it flexible, Right click in a column header area and choose
from the drop menu what headers you

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Ian

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