Vista - Resetting default folder-view behavior

04-29-2008

A few weeks ago I must have inadvertently pressed some key combination, and
now every folder I open is displaying as a photo/video folder, with no
filenames dislplayed.

This is happening even for folders containing no images or video.

I've gone through and unchecked the "Hide File Names" on a number of
folders, only to have the file names missing again when I reopen (some of)
them at a later date.

Clearly, whatever I accidentally did has affected nearly all of the folder
views on my machine, because if I go into folders I haven't opened for over a
month (which contain only text documents and sub-folders), even those are not
displaying file names.

How do I get the system-wide properties of folder display back to the way it
was, where the default view of a folder's contents was the "Documents" or
"All Items" display? I can see how to do it for sub-directories, but not
system wide.

Thank you.

04-29-2008

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Quote:

> A few weeks ago I must have inadvertently pressed some key combination,
> and
> now every folder I open is displaying as a photo/video folder, with no
> filenames dislplayed.
>
> This is happening even for folders containing no images or video.
>
> I've gone through and unchecked the "Hide File Names" on a number of
> folders, only to have the file names missing again when I reopen (some of)
> them at a later date.
>
> Clearly, whatever I accidentally did has affected nearly all of the folder
> views on my machine, because if I go into folders I haven't opened for
> over a
> month (which contain only text documents and sub-folders), even those are
> not
> displaying file names.
>
> How do I get the system-wide properties of folder display back to the way
> it
> was, where the default view of a folder's contents was the "Documents" or
> "All Items" display? I can see how to do it for sub-directories, but not
> system wide.
>
> Thank you.

04-29-2008	#1 (permalink)
IWantXPBack n/a posts	Resetting default folder-view behavior A few weeks ago I must have inadvertently pressed some key combination, and now every folder I open is displaying as a photo/video folder, with no filenames dislplayed. This is happening even for folders containing no images or video. I've gone through and unchecked the "Hide File Names" on a number of folders, only to have the file names missing again when I reopen (some of) them at a later date. Clearly, whatever I accidentally did has affected nearly all of the folder views on my machine, because if I go into folders I haven't opened for over a month (which contain only text documents and sub-folders), even those are not displaying file names. How do I get the system-wide properties of folder display back to the way it was, where the default view of a folder's contents was the "Documents" or "All Items" display? I can see how to do it for sub-directories, but not system wide. Thank you.
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04-29-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mark L. Ferguson n/a posts	Re: Resetting default folder-view behavior Windows Explorer Folder View settings - Vista Forums: Windows Explorer Folder View settings -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "IWantXPBack" <IWantXPBack@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:BF89E6B5-746C-41A1-9929-594BDDAB273E@xxxxxx Quote: > A few weeks ago I must have inadvertently pressed some key combination, > and > now every folder I open is displaying as a photo/video folder, with no > filenames dislplayed. > > This is happening even for folders containing no images or video. > > I've gone through and unchecked the "Hide File Names" on a number of > folders, only to have the file names missing again when I reopen (some of) > them at a later date. > > Clearly, whatever I accidentally did has affected nearly all of the folder > views on my machine, because if I go into folders I haven't opened for > over a > month (which contain only text documents and sub-folders), even those are > not > displaying file names. > > How do I get the system-wide properties of folder display back to the way > it > was, where the default view of a folder's contents was the "Documents" or > "All Items" display? I can see how to do it for sub-directories, but not > system wide. > > Thank you.
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