Vista - Windows Explorer: How to force ALL folders to use "All Items" template rather than "Pictures & Videos"

You can save and/or set registry settings with a .reg file -- an ordinary
text file with a .reg extension. When you right-click a file with a .reg
extension, the default action is 'Merge' which adds that information to the
registry. The registry info I gave earlier in this thread:

Copy the text between the lines below into notepad & save as a .reg file.
Watch out for line wrap -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...\Shell] is all one line.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

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will override the 'content-sniffing' behavior of Explorer -- when Explorer
applies the 'Pictures' or 'Music' template to a folder based on its
contents.

By default, the 'All Items' template has an icon mode of 'Details' with
selected columns being 'Name', 'Date Modified', 'Type', and 'Size'. These
defaults can be modified by setting the view of any file folder that is
using the 'All Items' template and then selecting:

'Organize' -> 'Folder and Search Options' -> 'View' tab -> 'Apply to
Folders'

The two steps above will set the view for the majority of your folders. I
say majority because it only affects file system folders, not namespace
folders. Namespace folders are: 'Desktop', 'Computer', 'Control Panel',
<UserProfile> on the Desktop, etc. But if views are being remembered
properly, you should only have to set those once.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

"folderguy" <comic_book_auctions@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Keith or anyone, what do you mean by this:
>
> Merging the .reg file will set the 'All Items' template for any folders
> that
> don't currently have a view saved with a different template.
>
> I want to make all my folders views the same, and never change. I've
> been looking for an answer to this for months.
>
>
> --
> folderguy