How to get Windows Explorer to customise vews for different forders?

Zascar · 02-12-2007 05:04PM #1

It really annoys me how Xp is not more intuitive with the new it uses for directories. If I have loads of music in many directories and sub directories, I want it to display as the "Detail" view with e.g. Name, Size, Bit Rate, Duration and Data Modified. But at the moment it displays as icons and I have to change each directory individually. I know you can set the default throughout the computer but then all my photos will be this way, and obviously I want then as thumbnails.

How can I get better control over this?

BopNiblets · 02-12-2007 06:04PM

If each folder isn't remembering it's settings there's registry enntries you can delete that resets the whole thing:

FOLDER VIEWS NOT BEING SAVED
Sometimes when you change the way a folder's contents look, or its position on your Desktop, or the size of
the window it opens in, after a reboot the changes don't seem to have been saved. The first thing to do is go
to Control Panel>Folder Options and under the View tab make sure that 'Remember each folder's view
settings' is ticked. However even with this setting ticked you may inevitably end up with unsaved settings.
This can be due to corrupted registry entries brought on by a bad shutdown for example. The easiest way to
fix this problem is to open the Registry Editor and go to the following keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags]

Right-click on each key (i.e. BagMRU and Bags) and select Delete to get rid of both of them. Reboot your PC
and open up each folder or window you want to customize. They will be back at their default appearance,
and you will need to adjust again them to suit your tastes. However this time after you reboot your PC the
view settings should be exactly as you set them prior to the reboot. By deleting the registry entries above
Windows is forced to recreate them and in doing so get rid of corrupted entries. If you find you have to do
this very often, then see the tips in the Troubleshooting and Overclocking sections for possible resolutions in
preventing regular Registry corruption. This is a clear sign that your system is not completely stable, and is
not normal behavior for Windows.

I think the two registry keys are in more than just HKEY_CURRENT_USER though.

Zascar · 02-12-2007 07:08PM

Cheers but what I'm really looking for is a way to arrange what a folder the way I want it and then ste it so that all subfolders appear thge same way.

Any ideas?

How to get Windows Explorer to customise vews for different forders?

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