Did the brain dead parasites at the Microsoft monopoly never think of the possibility that Large Icons should ONLY apply to image files and the folders that contain them directly?
Do you think your users who have more than 20 subfolders of photos need to see 6 of the 20 big brown folder icons when looking up a picture? Or do you suppose they'd prefer to see a list of their subfolders? Oh, they can just switch the view back and forth every time using our handy drop-down menu point, click, find the thing, point, click, repeat ad nauseum.
Yea, thanks for burdening millions with your time-wasting nonsense. You all belong in jail. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. How do you set up a default folder view of "List" for ALL the folders in Windows 7 including the optical drive?
Friday, November 6, AM. Hi, The "Apply to folders" settings apply the current view setting to all folders that are optimized for the same content as the folder you have open. Wednesday, November 11, AM. Hi, According to my test, you can apply view settings to all folders of the same type. Here are the detailed steps: 1. Tuesday, November 10, AM. It doesn't seem to remember these settings for all the folders. I browse though some folders and go back to "Computer" and the view has changed to "titles" or "Details".
And the optical drive defaults back to "details" when I enter a subfolder. I want to know too. Friday, April 9, PM. How about Network Files? File open Thanks, John. Proposed as answer by derizion Tuesday, April 27, PM. Monday, April 26, PM. It does not work. I am quite sure you did NOT check this thoroughly. It failed to work the first time I tested it. Thursday, August 19, PM. Friday, August 20, AM. Thank you so much I was going crazy trying to figure it out! Saturday, August 28, AM.
I will do the alt and get into folder options but when I look at view "apply to Folders" is disabled. Is there another way. Thursday, September 16, PM. Friday, September 24, AM. Monday, December 6, PM.
Blah-Bee , on September 11th, at pm Said:. Proposed as answer by sharepointisneedlesslycomplex Friday, December 17, AM. The five templates are called in Windows 7 : General Items Documents Pictures Music Videos When a folder is opened, Windows Explorer examines the contents to see if it can automatically determine which folder template to use to display the folder contents.
THAT is what i want to know! Friday, December 17, AM. Tuesday, January 11, PM. Wednesday, January 19, AM. Wish you well. Sunday, February 13, PM. Proposed as answer by dreamelements Friday, February 18, PM.
Thursday, February 17, PM. Thanks Vivian Worked perfectly the first time and so easy to do. Friday, February 18, AM. Wednesday, February 23, PM.
Saturday, February 26, PM. It is , I'm running Windows 7 bit and while I can update the folders on my computer, I still can't get this to work on any media general or otherwise on an optical drive. What gives? Thursday, March 3, PM. People, stop trying to make this work. Those who could get it to work, are simple users who have yet to really use it. This thing fails each time it tries to think, so when something triggers that brain and wake it up, it wakes up and do its job incorrectly.
That means each time you pop in an optical drive, re-attach an external drive, USB, remap a network drive, or those drives that have the ability to go into stand-by and wake up upon being accessed When that happens, and you try to set the view for that optical drive back to what you want, then this MS BRAIN will randomly change the view of some other of your LOCAL folders, if you had earlier set them all to be globally the same.
Mick Hannahan. Sunday, March 6, AM. Edited by sudowg Monday, March 28, PM fixed typos. Monday, March 28, PM. The content of the registry file is: Windows Registry Editor Version 5. Ahah I perceive a certain degree of exasperation in Katai and Possumattack's replies.
At least I feel less lonely. I hate those giant icons which seem designed for visually impaired or mental disabled. I will do like the Catholics during the Inquisition with the Bible, rule that XP cannot be perfected, worship it till the end of times and destroy any alternative as an heresy. Monday, April 11, PM. This is the answer, works wonders, must do for general items type for most folders to get it.
Wednesday, May 25, AM. Again, this is the answer, works wonders, must do for general items type for most folders to get it.
However, that is not to say that some people, especially those who have upgraded might not experienec further issues.
If all else fails, try a clear Windows install. After years of wear and tear, in my experience, Windows must be reloaded to return to normal. Just a fact of life. After 2 years, my Vista could not remember even 1 folder's settings. Clean installed Windows 7, no problems after applying this fix. As he said: Hi, The "Apply to folders" settings apply the current view setting to all folders that are optimized for the same content as the folder you have open.
Thanks it worked. I have searching for this solution. I like list view to view files and folder. Saturday, July 9, AM.
Thursday, July 28, PM. What don't the techs understand here? Tuesday, September 13, AM. Meeting with Microsoft? Why the struggle? Thursday, September 29, PM. Sunday, October 2, PM. Here's what my coworker said about Vista back in , thanks MS for fixing much in Windows7 since Vista fiasco days, but excuse me! Here's his prediction from The 'developers' who were allowed to completely ruin this part of Explorer must be insane.
What is the point of having a group of 'new' features supposedly with immense 'power' if the fundamentals have been reduced to garbage? I've been writing software for 40 years now, and I'M embarrassed for the colossal mess that has been made of one of the main features of Windows, from the earliest versions.
I tried to look at the date modified column and somehow made it disappear. I mean was this change in the requirements document and clearly specified, or was it just handed to some newby with the sage direction: "Screw this up and confuse as many long time users as possible. The irony is that Windows Explorer was one that they owned and perfected. I'm sure that the MS execs, if they pay attention at all, will see this Vista screwup as just another reason to ship development to India.
A way to avoid responsibility for mistakes and mismanagement. Listen, the ONE thing that any manager has to do is to be able to look in the mirror and say "Well, today I'm the bozo. I agree that this inattention to detail is sadly typical. Friday, October 14, PM. Hi Vivian, I don't believe that you understand what the user wants. Regardless of what type of content is in the folder, regardless if the folder contains media files, or word files, or whatever; the user wants to make ALL folders view the contents in LIST VIEW for every single folder on the computer regardless of what is contained inside the folder.
This is what I want to do as well. The problem is when the user has hundreds of separate media folders that the user wants in list view. I don't believe that it is rational or logical to expect the user to manually set the view as LIST for each one of his folders. When a new folder is created containing media files it automatically default to detail view rather than LIST view as well.
It is absolutely NOT available on Windows 7. This is something that most power users want. Edited by bruce. Tuesday, November 22, PM. Warning: It will also apply the same folder icon to all of those folders also.
Thursday, December 1, AM. The steps are about the same in Windows 7. The comments to that post suggest two alternative methods for resetting Explorer's default folder view. You can reset the view shown in the five folder templates in Windows Explorer via the Folder Properties dialog. Going the Explorer-replacement route You might wonder why Microsoft would make it so difficult for Windows users to see the contents of all folders in Explorer in the view of their choice, whether details, lists, small icons, large icons, or some other view.
You might also wonder whether there might be a better file manager available for Windows. The free Classic Shell file manager was one of the three Windows 7-enhancing utilities I described in April Gizmo's Freeware site recently updated its list of the best free file managers for Windows.
The program also lets you split, merge, or "destroy" files, and create bookmarks and custom keyboard shortcuts. Even if you use a Windows file manager other than Explorer, you're likely to find yourself navigating through Windows' built-in file and folder viewers from time to time. Unless you find yourself spending a big chunk of your workday managing files and folders on a Windows machine, it may be most efficient to change Explorer's view to your preference once for each folder type and then learn to live with the handful of folders that will inevitably insist on presenting whichever view Microsoft preselected for us.
Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. Windows xp allows customization for the thumbnail of such a folder from an image, but there's nothing to do for its icon. My question is, whether there is some other string value name in the same key that controls the specific folder. So that I would assign an. You can customize folders using Desktop. More Info Set custom icon using desktop. How to place to desktop. Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Home About Articles Links Forum. To configure the Folder Type of a folder: Right click on the folder and select "Properties" Select the "Customize"-fan and here can you configure "What kind of folder do you want? The different templates have different columns pre-configured and options available: Pictures best for many files - Introduces a Filmstrip mode in the Windows Explorer View-menu.
Note Windows XP will automatically cache folder customization , so changes made to a single folder will be remembered when the folder is visited again.
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