Details in Views

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Open My Computer, Set View to Details, Click Tools, Folder options,
View, Apply to all folders.
 
OK, b11, just browsing thru looking for an old thread on same subject in
order to
give credit where credit's due. Still looking. Here's what I'm intending to
post. It
may apply in your case as well:

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29-May-06 / Folder View Problem - solved!
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Hope I can find this thread again so can pass on result and thank
parties concerned.

Re: My message of 10-Mar-06 / Windows Explorer General / Miller; Malke

"Pankratz93" <[email protected]>

Subj to do with: Folder View defaults (& HTML File Copy problem).
(I couldn't get Explorer to stay in "Details" View - Win XP Pro SP2).

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Finally got around to trying out the solutions proposed by Miller (and
Malke?). By now, Explorer ALWAYS came up in "Icon" view. I followed assorted
advice in this and other related threads but nothing worked
'til I edited the registry as per Keith Miller:

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Keith Miller MVP said:
Hmm...That looks right (details view, status bar off). Not sure why
it's not working as it should.
Your other folders are closed when you're applying this, right?

You could try David Candy's method to clear explorer's mind:


If that doesn't do it, as a workaround, another method to enforce a
default view would be to create an 'AllFolders' key in the registry.
You can do this per-user or per-machine.

The following would give you details view with status bar off for the
current user:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"WFlags"=dword:00000000
"Status"=dword:00000000
"Vid"="{137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}"
"Mode"=dword:00000004

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The following would set details as machine default:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"WFlags"=dword:00000000
"Status"=dword:00000000
"Vid"="{137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}"
"Mode"=dword:00000004

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Note that the under HKCU, the 'AllFolders' entry will be deleted if 'Apply
to all folders' or 'Reset all folders' is used.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Click to expand...

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- end of extract -

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I created the keys for the first one (current user) only. Worked perfect
first
time off the bat. Looks like problem solved. Hope it sticks.

However, not being too awful familiar with the Registry, I was a tad confused
at start. I'm still not sure if this will stick. Reason is, I created only
the
first 2 keys (AllFolders and Shell) and then the 4 new "strings" (under the
"name" heading), into which I simply pasted the entries I saw here. This
automatically entered "REG_SZ" in the "Type" column, for each string, when
done
- but nothing went into the "Data" column.

Before I did that, I checked similar keys in the Registry and found all 3
columns full - and with some differences. This was not the case here.

For example, at one place I found the following 4 sub-folders under
"... \ Bags\ ": 195, 357, 7, 8.

Under sub-folder 8 we have sub-folder "Shell". In "Shell" we have many items,
including 3 of the 4 noted, listed in this order and exactly as shown below:


Mode REG_DWORD OX00000004(4)
Vid REG_SZ {137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}
WFlags REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)



So, if this set up continues to hold, then I'd have to deduce that there
are more ways than one ('String value') to modify the Registry keys - as
via Edit, New,'Binary value', 'D-WORD value', so on. If not, then I don't
know WHAT's going on nor why all is working OK now.

Here's the result of an export of the new "shell" key to text file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"\"WFlags\"=dword:00000000"=""
"\"Status\"=dword:00000000"=""
"\"Vid\"=\"{137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}\""=""
"\"Mode\"=dword:00000004"=""


It obviously doesn't look quite like that in the Registry window but I
couldn't
select and "copy" the actual view (except maybe via 'Print Scrn').


By the way:

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I can not find "(David Candy's
method) - either via Address bar or via Google search.

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When I export "shell" to a text file, I get the following (plus a whole
bunch of string values):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ...,


whereas in "About", it is Version 5.1 .

Who to believe?

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Now I'm looking carefully at this little piece of advice:

"Note that the under HKCU, the 'AllFolders' entry will be deleted if 'Apply
to all folders' or 'Reset all folders' is used".

I take it then that I better "set details as machine default", in case I
or another user here ever forgets that advice. I presume that if both sets
of keys exist concurrently, the one will not interfere with the other? Just
checking.

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Thanx for the invaluable help on an issue that's been driving me up the wall
for many years now, with every OS version I can remember.

Ted...
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31-May-06

PS. Looks like nothing in this world is perfect. Over last couple of days,
I did run into the odd reversion to "icon view" for a few folders. It only
happens for those particular folders though. Since my use of them is very
rare, I can live with it. It's a far, far cry from what the situation was
before. Nevertheless, I thought it prudent to mention it here. Maybe I also
need to try David Candy's method - if I can find it...

Thanx again,
 
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