Folder views - need 4 different view 'categories'

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Ck

Hi all,

I have some folders that that need detail views, some that need detail
views but need different columns to display, and some folders that need
thumbnail views.

For My Music folders I want to see bit rate, duration, title, artist,
size, etc.
For My Documents I want different details, like create date, mod date,
subject, author, etc.
For My Pictures I want Thumbnail view.
For other folders I will want detail view but will want different
columns than My Documents.

I realize I can change ALL FOLDERS to have the same view as the one I am
in, but that doesn't really help me because I have to change several
other folders to have their own view.

Not whining, but I have lots and lots of folders......

I would like to go to a 'main' folder and set the view, and have an
option to apply that view to ALL folders OR apply to all Subfolders.
Maybe I dreamed it, but it seems I read something that you can do like
that. I remember it required that you change your folders view to 'Show
common tasks', which I do not have enabled normally. So tonight I tried
'Show common tasks in folders', but still found no option to affect
change to subfolders.

Anyone know if it is possible? Or does anybody know of a 3rd party
folder manager that would do this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ck
 
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.
 
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