Vista explorer missing feature? "filename only" select

[Chewie]

Firstly let me assure you that I love the way Vista looks and, with the
exception of the ridiculously intrusive UAC, the way it works.

I'm not so enamoured with the redesign of Explorer, though.

Please could someone tell me how to disable full-row selct in detail view. I
find it very frustrating having to widen windows enough to begin a click-drag
from white space.

 

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

Are you comfortable with editing the registry?

Under the key:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

Create a new REG_DWORD value named FullRowSelect. Leave it's data as 0x0.

At this point, only new folders created would show the behavior you desire,
because the state of this flag is saved with every folder view. To apply to
all folders, you need to delete saved folder views by deleting the following
two keys:

[HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults]

If you have a lot of time invested in your folder views, I can post a script
later that will clear the flag without losing your saved views.

 

[Chewie]

Are you comfortable with editing the registry?

Under the key:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

Create a new REG_DWORD value named FullRowSelect. Leave it's data as 0x0.

At this point, only new folders created would show the behavior you desire,
because the state of this flag is saved with every folder view. To apply to
all folders, you need to delete saved folder views by deleting the following
two keys:

[HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults]

If you have a lot of time invested in your folder views, I can post a script
later that will clear the flag without losing your saved views.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Firstly let me assure you that I love the way Vista looks and, with the
exception of the ridiculously intrusive UAC, the way it works.

I'm not so enamoured with the redesign of Explorer, though.

Please could someone tell me how to disable full-row selct in detail view.
I
find it very frustrating having to widen windows enough to begin a
click-drag
from white space.

Thank you! This is exactly the thing I was looking for.

I personally don't need to save folder views but it's likely that others
might be looking for just such a script if you could see your way to posting
it.

Cheers,
Chewie.