"XdN Tweaker" has an option to force Vista to better remember views. This
can make it NOT use the Documents/Images/Music folder views, but instead
whatever view YOU chose.
http://xenomorph.net/xdntweaker/
There is a button to have it switch back to default if you ever want to do
that.
"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The MS document at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ductivity.mspx
> talks about different 'types' of Window Explorer, eg., Music Explorer,
> Photo
> Explorer, Document Explorer. In essence, Windows Explorer shows different
> columns, etc depending (apparently) on the contents of ('type' of) a
> folder.
>
> How do I control what 'type' of explorer gets used on a particular folder?
>
> In specific, I have a tree of folders containing JPG and AVI file types.
> When any of those folders is opened, one of the columns is "Date Taken",
> ie.,
> it appears Photo Explorer is operating -- that's great, that's what I
> want.
> However, a saved-search that draws from that same tree (and thus has only
> JPG
> and AVI files) does not display the results using 'Photo Explorer' -- it
> gives me "Date modified" instead (perhaps that's the Document Explorer
> view).
> How can I get the saved-search to display its folder with the same columns
> as the source folders?
>
> More generally, how can I force a 'type' upon a folder? (I can imagine
> wanting to do this in particular with saved-searches, which might return a
> mix of file types.)
>
> (Is there a way to find the 'type' of a folder? I looked under
> Properties,
> etc but didn't find anything. What determines which 'type' of Explorer
> will
> be used? Another place where I'd expect 'type' to be displayed to me is
> in
> the dialog under Organize->Folder and Views, View, Folder Views, where it
> says "... to all folders of this type" -- what type? It'd be helpful if
> it
> said "... of the ______ type".)
>
> I'm using Home Premium in Classic view.
>
> (I'd provide screenshots but unfortunately this forum apparently doesn't
> support images.)