Folder Views

[Shannon]

This is for Windows XP Home Edition.

Is there a way that I can set a folder and all of it's subfolders and files
contained within to thumbnail view, and still leave all other non-child
folders views independent?

For instance, I've got a digital picture folder, that has 50 folders in it,
each with many pictures. I'd like all of these folders' view to be
thumbnail. I'd like all the other folders on my drive to remain in the
detail view, for instance.

Shannon

 

[Charlie Tame]

open a folder tools>folder options, general tab.

Do you have that set in classic view or is it including common tasks in
folders?

You can't do what you want in classic view I don't think, but if you have
the common tasks view enabled you should be able to do it.

If that's okay you can simply click on view and use the customize drop down
menu item.

I think if you try this in classic view it will automatically put back the
common tasks in folders setting.

Charlie

 

[David Candy]

Turn off Remember Each Folder's View Settings. Then each window opened will keep the initial view (the settings of the first folder).

 

[Shannon]

Turn off Remember Each Folder's View Settings. Then each window opened
will keep the initial view (the settings of the first folder).

I should have made question more clear. I'd like a way to cascade down
the view of any parent folder to all of it's child folders all at once,
instead of having to set each child folder's view individually.

Say my C drive is set to show all folders as details. Disabling Remember
Each Folder's View, and then setting a subfolder to thumbnails, does
cause all children folders to take on the thumbnail view at once, but it
also causes all parent, grandparent, and farther up the chain folders to
take on the same thumbnail view. Then, during a new file explorer
session, all folders revert back to the default details view.

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[David Candy]

We know your question. It doesn't do it.

The idea is you start in folders with the view you want. So say you want My Pics as thumbnails. So set my pics to thumbnails and my docs as details. If you want detail view you start My Docs or for Thumbnail you start My Pics.