02-27-2008, 11:43 AM
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 | Desi Club Badshah | | |
  Re: ~ A Tip A Day ~
27 February 2008:
Get the Details View Every Time I like the Details view because it shows all the information about my files at once, but I hate having to go to View Details every time, only to have Windows Explorer forget my preference when I switch folders.
Windows Explorer won't change the default view settings unless you ask it to. Start by customizing a folder view: select the Details view (or whatever view you like), and choose a sortorder by clicking the column headers or by going to View Arrange Icons by. You can even go to View Choose Details or right-click a column heading to choose which columns appear in the Details view.
When you're done customizing, go to Tools Folder Options, choose the View tab, and click the "Apply to All Folders" button. Check the "Remember each folder's view settings" box, and clickOK.
Sooner or later, senility will appear to strike and Explorer will start indiscriminately forgetting your view settings in some folders. To fix the problem, find a folder that still matches your preferences, return to the Folder Options window, and click "Apply to All Folders" again. Note: Explorer remembers different preferences for single-folder windows and two-pane folder-tree windows. Once you've used the "Apply to All Folders" button in, say, a two-pane Explorer window, go ahead and double-click a folder icon on your desktop (or right click a folder in the tree and select Open) and customize the single-folder window that appears as you see fit. Then repeat the above steps to save those settings as the default for that window type . |