Win XP Explorer - Not Responding

[marinusw]

When I use XP explorer to view the contents of a folder it freezes and does
not show the contents. When I go into Task Manager it says the program is Not
Responding. This only happens with a select few subdirectories. I suspect it
may be due to a large file in the directory I am viewing and "thumbnails"
possiblly set as the view option. But that is just a guess. Any ideas? How
can I change the view options (i.e. to Details) without actually having to go
into that folder? (since the problem is it freezes before I can get it).
Thanks for the help.

 

[3c273]

You could set them all to details by setting a different folder to detail
view then going to tools>options>view and click "like current view".
Louis

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/9/2008 2:14 PM, and on a whim, marinusw pounded
out on the keyboard:

When I use XP explorer to view the contents of a folder it freezes and does
not show the contents. When I go into Task Manager it says the program is Not
Responding. This only happens with a select few subdirectories. I suspect it
may be due to a large file in the directory I am viewing and "thumbnails"
possiblly set as the view option. But that is just a guess. Any ideas? How
can I change the view options (i.e. to Details) without actually having to go
into that folder? (since the problem is it freezes before I can get it).
Thanks for the help.

Open Explorer in a folder, any folder. Make the folder look the way you
want (Detail view, etc). Then click on Tools, Folder Options, View tab.
By clicking the "Apply to all folders" button, you will make all your
folders look like the one you just modified.

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Terry R.

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