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Old 08-09-2007   #2 (permalink)
Mark Dormer
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Re: How to turn off a really annoying Explorer "Feature"

What you can do is Open explorer to C:\
Select every folder and select properties.
On the customise tab set Folder Type to "All Items"
Select Also apply this to all subfolders

For the root of the drive just change the view to details.

Regards
Mark Dormer
Posted from Tech.Ed 2007 Gold Coast Australia
www.swiug.org.au


"Speedy" <Speedy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5A8B582B-AE18-4360-A9C0-FD0EBF202AA7@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> Forgive me if this has been asked before but I could not find a good
> answer
> anywhere...
>
> Explorer chooses the columns that display in Explorer in Details view I
> guess based on it's own assessment of what will be relevant... so for
> example
> when you view a directory with MP3s in it, Explorer shows ID3 tags as
> columns.
>
> I HATE THIS FEATURE!!! I just want to see the standard columns... Type,
> Size, Date Modified, etc. I don't want Explorer trying to be "smart".
>
> So is there a way to deactivate this and have Explorer just revert to the
> behavior it had in XP?
>
> Thanks so much in advance
> Steve


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