hidden folder names

[triplestan]

hi. one day the folder names in my user folder (erm... the one with
"documents" and "downloads" and "videos" etc) decided to disappear. not the
whole folders, just the names. only list, details and tiles views display the
names, extra large, large, medium and small do not. i know you can hide the
file names with right click>view but thats not it,i thouight i should right
click>view but the option to turn it on or off isnt there. this is a little
frustrating, i know ive done something to change it but i cant figure out
what. any help greatly apprectiated, tristan.

 

[dean-dean]

Your User folder might be using a Pictures and Videos template. Try
navigating to C:\Users, by clicking on Computer. Right-click on the (Your
User Name) folder, and choose Properties. On the Customization tab, choose
"All Items" under "What kind of folder do you want?" (Apply. OK).

 

[triplestan via WindowsKB.com]

hey you were right, it did have a pictures and videos template, so i changed
it to all items. however, this doesnt fix the problem. when i navigate
through c:\users i can see the names in all views, but when i go from desktop
i cant, its still the same.

Your User folder might be using a Pictures and Videos template. Try
navigating to C:\Users, by clicking on Computer. Right-click on the (Your
User Name) folder, and choose Properties. On the Customization tab, choose
"All Items" under "What kind of folder do you want?" (Apply. OK).

hi. one day the folder names in my user folder (erm... the one with
"documents" and "downloads" and "videos" etc) decided to disappear. not

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frustrating, i know ive done something to change it but i cant figure out
what. any help greatly apprectiated, tristan.

 

[dean-dean]

I was afraid of that. And you can't customize the "User Name" folder from
the Desktop or the Start Menu shortcuts, but you can from Computer. The
registry sees the same folder as two different situations, and as two
different "trees", so to speak. Really, once your folder views start this
sort of corruption, it gets worse from there. (For example, the Windows
folder starts using a Music Details template, which can't be changed using
Customize, because that tab isn't available in the Windows folder's
Properties).

Vista is set up to "remember" 5000 folders. That being said, deleting the
following two keys in the registry, will give you a clean slate, and reset
your folders to the defaults. (All remembered folder settings in Windows
Explorer for view state, window position, sort order, column information,
folder type, toolbar toggles, and search result views will be lost, just so
you know what to expect; but any corruption, which indeed does happen, will
also be deleted). The keys in Vista are:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU

(right-click on the key BagMRU, in the left pane, and choose delete)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags

(right-click on the key Bags, in the left pane, and choose delete)

Log off and log back on to Windows to re-create the keys (done
automatically), and start anew.

By the way, the "Hide File Names" choice is only available in a folder using
the Pictures and Videos template. Unfortunately, I don't know how you can
reset the User folder, as seen under Desktop, to "All Items", short of
digging through hundreds of registry entries.

hey you were right, it did have a pictures and videos template, so i
changed
it to all items. however, this doesnt fix the problem. when i navigate
through c:\users i can see the names in all views, but when i go from
desktop
i cant, its still the same.

Your User folder might be using a Pictures and Videos template. Try
navigating to C:\Users, by clicking on Computer. Right-click on the (Your
User Name) folder, and choose Properties. On the Customization tab,
choose
"All Items" under "What kind of folder do you want?" (Apply. OK).

hi. one day the folder names in my user folder (erm... the one with
"documents" and "downloads" and "videos" etc) decided to disappear. not

[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]

frustrating, i know ive done something to change it but i cant figure
out
what. any help greatly apprectiated, tristan.

 

[triplestan via WindowsKB.com]

thanks, that sorted it out. i knew it was a little more complicated than
shift clicking back and forth lol. still, its a pain to have to do that, do
you have any idea when microsoft would release some sort of fix for it?
thanks again, tristan.

I was afraid of that. And you can't customize the "User Name" folder from
the Desktop or the Start Menu shortcuts, but you can from Computer. The
registry sees the same folder as two different situations, and as two
different "trees", so to speak. Really, once your folder views start this
sort of corruption, it gets worse from there. (For example, the Windows
folder starts using a Music Details template, which can't be changed using
Customize, because that tab isn't available in the Windows folder's
Properties).

Vista is set up to "remember" 5000 folders. That being said, deleting the
following two keys in the registry, will give you a clean slate, and reset
your folders to the defaults. (All remembered folder settings in Windows
Explorer for view state, window position, sort order, column information,
folder type, toolbar toggles, and search result views will be lost, just so
you know what to expect; but any corruption, which indeed does happen, will
also be deleted). The keys in Vista are:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU

(right-click on the key BagMRU, in the left pane, and choose delete)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags

(right-click on the key Bags, in the left pane, and choose delete)

Log off and log back on to Windows to re-create the keys (done
automatically), and start anew.

By the way, the "Hide File Names" choice is only available in a folder using
the Pictures and Videos template. Unfortunately, I don't know how you can
reset the User folder, as seen under Desktop, to "All Items", short of
digging through hundreds of registry entries.

hey you were right, it did have a pictures and videos template, so i
changed

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