How keep large icons after renaming a folder?

[Andy]

I use detail view in almost all of my folders.
But sometimes I need to use large icons.

I find that the icon view automatically changes to details view if:

(1) I rename the folder which contains large icons
(2) change the folder path by moving the folder

But I don't want that!

Are there any settings, tricks or utlities which will keep the large
icons as large icons?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

If the folders you to display in icon view are all under a particular folder or folders, I've
written a script that would help. It allows you to set a view that is applied to all subfolders &
newly created folders under a folder. 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

If the folders are scattered about your computer, there is a way to designate the icon style for an
individual folder that will stick with it while being moved and/or renamed, but it's a little more
labor-intensive.

First you need to add the following key/value combination to the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"WFlags"=dword:00000000

Then each folder needs to have a desktop.ini file AND have its read-only bit set so that explorer
knows to process the desktop.ini file. The easiest way to accomplish both these tasks is to assign
a custom icon to the folder via its Properties dialog (you can get rid of the icon when you edit the
desktop.ini file).

Then you need to edit the desktop.ini file and add the following line under the [.ShellClassInfo]
section:

Vid={0E1FA5E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}

using one of the following values:

Name: Mode: VID:
Icons 1 {0057D0E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}
List 3 {0E1FA5E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}
Details 4 {137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}
Thumbnail 5 {8BEBB290-52D0-11D0-B7F4-00C04FD706EC}
Tiles 6 {65F125E5-7BE1-4810-BA9D-D271C8432CE3}
Filmstrip 7 {8EEFA624-D1E9-445B-94B7-74FBCE2EA11A}

This will not override a previously saved view, you would still have to do that via the view menu --
but if you rename or move the folder, or if you use the 'Reset All Folders' option, you'll see the
results.

 

[Andy]

If the folders you to display in icon view are all under a
particular folder or folders, I've written a script that would
help. It allows you to set a view that is applied to all
subfolders & newly created folders under a folder. 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

I was looking for something exactly like this a while ago.

Good. I will give it a go.

If the folders are scattered about your computer, there is a way to
designate the icon style for an individual folder that will stick
with it while being moved and/or renamed, but it's a little more
labor-intensive.

The method you describe is too much for me. Oddly enough it is the
extra desktop.inis which are a problem as I like to see all hidden
files but I dn't think I could cope with a grayed desktop.ini in
every folder getting in the way of SELECT ALL and that sort of thing!

Maybe it should be made super-hidden but that is now even more work.
I think I will wait for the noobie version to come out complete with
installer! And there does seem to me to be a need for this sort of
thing.