Hello, Panda.
Just passing thru and noted your problem might be similar to one I've had
for years. I hope the solution from Patti has worked for you; but sooner or
later you are going to overrun the folder/file limit for your selected
default view in the Registry and nothing you do will give you back your
prefered view - except, possibly, the following.
I might add, DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT to try this unless you either have an IT man
or
Bill Gates sitting next to you. You could mess up the registry and your
system for good - unless you either or both first back up the Registry and
also create a System
Restore point before proceeding. And DON'T try to restore your Registry or
System,
later, unless, again, you either have an IT man or Bill Gates next to you.
The following is a limited extract from a post by Keith Miller, MSMVP (whom
I'm on the way to thank right now, wherever he might be located here) to a
user with a
similar problem as ours (though mine is solved now, it appears, after
following the below advice):
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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
all folders' or 'Reset all folders' is used.
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Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
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OK, Panda, the above is not quite as straightforward as it might appear.
You need
to know a bit about editing the Registry and so on. Notice that the
instructions
state "to *CREATE* an 'AllFolders' key in the registry". Under that you'll
have to create a "Shell" key.
Got to rush off. Something just came up. If you need any detailed help with
this, try and find 'Keith Miller' here or send me a reply.
