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Old 02-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
Donk


 
 

How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for ONE folder?????


I've created several folders on my Vista Home Premium desktop to
contain shortcuts. I keep turning off the "Navigate" and "Preview"
panes but they keep comming back.

How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for these
folders?

Thank you,

Don

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
theclyde


 
 

Re: How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane forONE folder?????

On Feb 20, 12:28*am, Donk <DonK<don81846<NODAMSPAM>@verizon.net>>
wrote:
Quote:

> I've created several folders on my Vista Home Premium desktop to
> contain shortcuts. I keep turning off the "Navigate" and "Preview"
> panes but they keep comming back.
>
> How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for these
> folders?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Don
Replace Vista's crappy explorer with one that works.
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Old 02-20-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for ONE folder?????

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Donk View Post
I've created several folders on my Vista Home Premium desktop to
contain shortcuts. I keep turning off the "Navigate" and "Preview"
panes but they keep comming back.

How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for these
folders?

Thank you,

Don
Hi Don,

The Navigation and Preview panes are tied to the folder template type for all folders using that template. If you turn a pane on or off in one folder template type, then they it will be also be done for all folders using that folder template. For example, the templates Music Details, Music Icons, Pictures and Videos, All Items, Contacts, and Documents. That may be why they keep comming back on you. Try doing METHOD TWO in this tutorial to help prevent it from happening, and to have Vista remember your folder view settings better.

Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Hope this helps,
Shawn
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-20-2008   #4 (permalink)
Donk


 
 

Re: How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for ONE folder?????

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:58:38 -0600, Brink
<Brink.353421@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote:
Quote:

>
>Donk;619128 Wrote:
Quote:

>> I've created several folders on my Vista Home Premium desktop to
>> contain shortcuts. I keep turning off the "Navigate" and "Preview"
>> panes but they keep comming back.
>>
>> How do I PERMANATLY turn off "Navigate" and "Preview" pane for these
>> folders?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Don
>
>Hi Don,
>
>The Navigation and Preview panes are tied to the folder template type
>for all folders using that template. If you turn a pane on or off in one
>folder template type, then they it will be also be done for all folders
>using that folder template. For example, the templates Music Details,
>Music Icons, Pictures and Videos, All Items, Contacts, and Documents.
>That may be why they keep comming back on you. Try doing METHOD TWO in
>this tutorial to help prevent it from happening, and to have Vista
>remember your folder view settings better.
>
>Windows Explorer Folder View settings
>
>Hope this helps,
>Shawn
Hi Shawn,

I've made the changes described in the link that you supplied. It
seems to help Vista remember a folder's "View" settings, E.g. Details,
List, Small Icons, etc. but not the folder's "Layout" settings. E.g.
Navigation Pane, Preview Pane. Users shouldn't have to modify the
registry. Ever! Especially for such a fundamental usability setting.

I'm really disappointed in Vista, in fact I'm dissapointed in MS
products in general. I've been using MS apps and programming with MS
tools since 1980 and have always taken MS's side in the many flame
wars on the internet (and on buletin boards before the "net").

I would always say "ya, but you should have seen what it was like
before MS (defacto) standardized computing. You should have been
arround when you had to write your own printer and video drivers for
all the possibilities that the user of your application might use. Or
when there were a dozen competing OS's that people were using.

It's sad for me to say it but I no longer use MS products because I'm
enthusiastic about them: I only use them because I currently have
little choice but to be dragged behind the giant cruise ship that MS
has become.

Thank you,

Don
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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