Problem eith the My Music folder

[George Valkov]

Hello everyone!
I have created a special folder template (folder.htt) that allows me to
preview / playback
files in My Music folder and all subdirectories.

Operating System:
Windows XP pro

Question 1:
Explorer will not display the Customize tab on special folders like:
My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, Windows, Program Files.
How can I force it to display this setting?

Question 2:
Currently on the Properties, Customize tab for My Music I have selected: Use
existing customization template.
There are also other options available. I want to integrate my template into
this list, so that I can easily apply it to other folders and make it start
faster. Curently it is a .HTT file, but if needed I can rewrite the entire
code and compile it with Visual Studio 2003.

Problem:
From time to time (several times per a day) and especially when I start
programs like Media Player 9 or Adobe Acrobat 6, Windows changes the
template for My Music folder to a built-in template, instaead of Use
existing customization template.
How can I prevent this? I will write protect some values in the registry if
needed (set deny permitions).

Note:
I have currently disabled the new policy of Internet Explorer 6 Service pack
1 that prevents me from using customized .HTT folder templates with this
file: Enable WebView.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explo
rer]
"AllowLegacyWebView"=dword:00000001
"AllowUnhashedWebView"=dword:00000001
"RevertWebViewSecurity"=dword:00000001



Thank You for any support!

George Valkov

 

[Keith Miller]

Question 1:

Haven't seen a way to do this. However, the tab is only missing for the currently logged on users
folders. When I'm logged on as Keith, I can browse to the Administrator folders and access the
customize tab for Admin documents, etc. But this is only useful for customizing the icon, which
writes to the desktop.ini file for that folder. Other options such as folder picture, 'apply this
template...', etc. are stored in the registry under:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags"

and would therefore only affect my view of the Admin users files when logged on as Keith. If I
logon as admin, I'll be using the settings saved under the admin user settings.

Question 2:

Don't know how you can get your template in the drop list. As a workaround, you could write a
script to copy the desktop.ini & folder.htt files to a folder and set its read-only bit so the
desktop.ini is used. This could be also be written to apply to a folder and its subfolders. If you
then added the script as a right-click option for folders, it would be easily accessible.

Bear in mind that if a folder's view settings have been saved, XP will ignore a custom template.
You need to use the 'Reset all folders' option after adding your template.

Your problem of a built-in template appearing may relate to the saved settings I just mentioned. A
while back I noticed that 3 different views could be saved depending on how My Documents is
accessed: via desktop shortcut, via start menu shortcut, and via full path. This also seemed to
apply to its subfolders as well.

Keith

Hello everyone!
I have created a special folder template (folder.htt) that allows me to
preview / playback
files in My Music folder and all subdirectories.

Operating System:
Windows XP pro

Question 1:
Explorer will not display the Customize tab on special folders like:
My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, Windows, Program Files.
How can I force it to display this setting?

Question 2:
Currently on the Properties, Customize tab for My Music I have selected: Use
existing customization template.
There are also other options available. I want to integrate my template into
this list, so that I can easily apply it to other folders and make it start
faster. Curently it is a .HTT file, but if needed I can rewrite the entire
code and compile it with Visual Studio 2003.

Problem:
From time to time (several times per a day) and especially when I start
programs like Media Player 9 or Adobe Acrobat 6, Windows changes the
template for My Music folder to a built-in template, instaead of Use
existing customization template.
How can I prevent this? I will write protect some values in the registry if
needed (set deny permitions).

Note:
I have currently disabled the new policy of Internet Explorer 6 Service pack
1 that prevents me from using customized .HTT folder templates with this
file: Enable WebView.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explo
rer]
"AllowLegacyWebView"=dword:00000001
"AllowUnhashedWebView"=dword:00000001
"RevertWebViewSecurity"=dword:00000001



Thank You for any support!

George Valkov