Customizing Folders - Possible to Autoformat Subfolders?

[Guest]

I'm trying to accomplish something relatively simple in Windows XP, yet I'm
having little luck and I can't help but feel there is a very simple solution
that I'm just overlooking.

What I want to do is customize a folder in such a way that the same settings
are applied to all the subfolders it contains as well (but NOT to all the
folders on my system). By settings, I mean the combination of the 'Details'
View and my own choice of categories (columns?). Say, for example, I would
like to create a folder for pictures with the following categories: Name,
Size, Date Modified, Camera Model, Dimensions, Date Picture Taken. What I'm
looking for is a way to make it so that all folders that I create inside it
at a later date automatically receive those same fields. So far, as I
mentioned above, I haven't been able to do this. I know that you can right
click on the folder and bring up the Customize tab where there are options to
set a template and apply it to subfolders, but in my experience you can only
apply the templates as is – no modifications of your own allowed.

Is it possible to do this in WinXP? Thanks very much for any assistance

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can set to all of a folder's
subfolders. Right-click the link below & save to your computer. The zip file contains a readme
file & the script itself.

http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip

You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set to be inherited by all
subfolders (you have the option of saving or wiping out current saved views) . You can set a
default for My Pics, another for My Music, and then a more generic default for My Computer. The
inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for example, you can set a
non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for My Computer, then return My Computer to its
standard 'group by type' layout after running the script without affecting the default view you have
set.