Windows explorer -sort by type ALWAYS

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Joe Vista

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How can I set the defaults for "Windows Explorer" or whatever it is now called.

I want it to ALWAYS for every "folder" I ever open, ever again to eternity, to have sort by file type as one the the few defaults listed. By "type" I mean file extension. I want to set this one time in one spot and have it stick. Currently I have to go through several menus and scrool to the bottom of a long list to turn this on because it's not one of the defaults. Next folder I open -same thing again. Very annoying. I have to sort lots of "folders" and separate file types.

thanks
 

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OMG! It's much worse than I thought! "Folder types"? A problem with Vista "forgetting settings"? That tutorial shows there's a big load of problems and the fix isn't simple.

Given that Windows always shows the same 4 or 5 ways to sort, I thought it was a simple secret to find out where to change the defaults so that at least two of them would be useful for me. (Why in the heck would "type" not be amoung the defaults?)

Now I learn there are folder "types", there is some sort of autodetecting of folder types, and some memory issue not completely fixed in SP2.

I'm guessing there is a tech memo somewhere that says this is "by design".
 

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