customising my documents so it can be arranged by date modified

[Guest]

My Documents was always arranged in groups by date modified, then one day it
randomly decided it was a music folder (music symbol at bottom right of
screen) and I can no longer do this. Please help!

 

[Claymore]

My Documents was always arranged in groups by date modified, then one day it
randomly decided it was a music folder (music symbol at bottom right of
screen) and I can no longer do this. Please help!

Hello Sarah,

Right-click the folder => Properties => Customize tab
In the drop-down box near the top of the window, select from 'Use this
folder type as a template' - 'Documents (of any type)'.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Common Tasks Don’t Match Folder Type
by Keith Miller
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

Keith Miller has a script that can fix the problem. Download
TaskPaneFix.zip attachment from this newsgroup post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/d7dd4582cc4b2e99

Clear at the bottom.

TaskPaneFix.zip
2K Download

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks, but this didn't really make sense what you were meant to do with it,
but I've worked out another way around it anyway.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

From your original post it sounded like your My Documents folder was acting
like a music folder. I.e. Instead of having File and Folder Tasks you had
Music Tasks showing in the Tasks pane, the left hand pane in folders.

Those links were to address that problem.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Yes, that was the problem, however the program you instructed me to download
didn't actu
ally do anything. Thanks anyway though.