By the way, selecting the Windows folder did not stop the customising tab
from appearing on the two machines,which are fresh builds, that I tried it
on.
Regards
Mark Dormer
"Speedy" <Speedy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F345F97-55E8-4E9E-9959-8CF1ED1081EE@microsoft.com...
> Almost a perfect suggestion. If the multi-select includes the Windows
> folder, the Customize tab will not appear. But after I avoided that
> pitfall
> it works. THANK YOU.
>
> Odd UI bug... merely selecting the "Apply to subfolders" checkbox will not
> activate the Apply button... so you actually have to change the drop box
> from
> "All Items" to something else, and then "All Items" again to make the
> Apply
> button enable itself (just pressing OK will not do the trick)
>
> THANKS AGAIN!
>
> SS
>
> "Mark Dormer" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>