Explorer column titles Artist, Album Title, Year, Track in directries WITHOUT multi-media files Win

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Gurus,

Running Windows XP Pro SP3. What I've noticed with my Windows Explorer
recently (and maybe started happening in the last six months or so?) is that
whenever I browse the directory structure, instead of seeing on the upper
toolbar the old standard columns of Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified
above the list of folders and files within each Explorer window, I see
instead columns related to what would be useful if I had multi-media files
in that current directory (most of my directories do NOT have multi-media
files), and that is: Name, Size, Type, Artist, Album Title, Year, Track
Number, and Duration. I see these Artist, Album Title, Year.... columns now
in EVERY Explorer window view. How do I get rid of this annoying behavior?
I can manually "uncheck" those columns within the current view but they come
right back if I close and the re-open Explorer.

 

[Elmo]

Gurus,

Running Windows XP Pro SP3. What I've noticed with my Windows Explorer
recently (and maybe started happening in the last six months or so?) is
that whenever I browse the directory structure, instead of seeing on the
upper toolbar the old standard columns of Name, Size, Type, and Date
Modified above the list of folders and files within each Explorer
window, I see instead columns related to what would be useful if I had
multi-media files in that current directory (most of my directories do
NOT have multi-media files), and that is: Name, Size, Type, Artist,
Album Title, Year, Track Number, and Duration. I see these Artist,
Album Title, Year.... columns now in EVERY Explorer window view. How do
I get rid of this annoying behavior? I can manually "uncheck" those
columns within the current view but they come right back if I close and
the re-open Explorer.

If the root folder of the drive has an Autorun.inf file, that might be
the cause. For the C: drive, or other data drive, remove the file from
the root folder. For CD Drives, open "My Computer", right-click the
drive, click the AutoPlay tab, and change the content to "Mixed
Content". You can look for that tab in the drive Properties, even if
there's no Autorun.inf file. That tab shouldn't exist, but you
shouldn't be getting those details columns either..

 

[Elmo]

Gurus,

Running Windows XP Pro SP3. What I've noticed with my Windows Explorer
recently (and maybe started happening in the last six months or so?) is
that whenever I browse the directory structure, instead of seeing on the
upper toolbar the old standard columns of Name, Size, Type, and Date
Modified above the list of folders and files within each Explorer
window, I see instead columns related to what would be useful if I had
multi-media files in that current directory (most of my directories do
NOT have multi-media files), and that is: Name, Size, Type, Artist,
Album Title, Year, Track Number, and Duration. I see these Artist,
Album Title, Year.... columns now in EVERY Explorer window view. How do
I get rid of this annoying behavior? I can manually "uncheck" those
columns within the current view but they come right back if I close and
the re-open Explorer.

Another thought: Fix the file associations for Directory, Folder, and Drive.

Fix File Associations.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

[ju.c]

Reset your folder views using the "Folder Options" menu.

'Tool-->Folder Options-->View'
"Reset All Folders"


ju.c

 

[Richard]

Gurus,

Running Windows XP Pro SP3. What I've noticed with my Windows Explorer
recently (and maybe started happening in the last six months or so?) is
that whenever I browse the directory structure, instead of seeing on the
upper toolbar the old standard columns of Name, Size, Type, and Date
Modified above the list of folders and files within each Explorer window,
I see instead columns related to what would be useful if I had multi-media
files in that current directory (most of my directories do NOT have
multi-media files), and that is: Name, Size, Type, Artist, Album Title,
Year, Track Number, and Duration. I see these Artist, Album Title,
Year.... columns now in EVERY Explorer window view. How do I get rid of
this annoying behavior? I can manually "uncheck" those columns within the
current view but they come right back if I close and the re-open Explorer.

Maybe this will work:
In Windows Explorer, click View, click Choose Details
Un-check all except Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified.
click OK
click Tools, click Folder Options, click View (tab)
click "Apply to All Folders"
[if you want "Details" view in all folders]
click OK
right-click in folder, click Refresh
hold control key and click upper-right X to close Explorer

If that doesn't work, maybe someone knows a Registry tweak?

FWIW. --Richard

 

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Reset your folder views using the "Folder Options" menu.

'Tool-->Folder Options-->View'
"Reset All Folders"

Worked! Thx!