Set all directories a specific parent directory to default to thumbnail view

[ajkessel]

Is there any way to set all directories under a certain parent
directory to default to thumbnail view, without going through each
folder individually and changing its setting, and also without
changing the default view for *all* folders everywhere? In other
words, I want to recursively set default view properties starting at
one parent directory.

 

[Elmo]

Is there any way to set all directories under a certain parent
directory to default to thumbnail view, without going through each
folder individually and changing its setting, and also without
changing the default view for *all* folders everywhere? In other
words, I want to recursively set default view properties starting at
one parent directory.

When you customize a folder, there an option right there to apply this
to all subfolders.. I haven't tried it yet, but it reads like it should
work.

Right-click the folder, click Properties, Customize tab, "Also apply
this template to all subfolders".

Some unique folders, with special icons, won't give these options.

 

[ajkessel]

This is almost what I'm looking for. It doesn't appear that the
"customize" options (which provides several preset folder types, e.g.,
music, photo album) correspond exactly with the "folder options." But
if I set the folder to type "pictures," it does change it to
thumbnails. The changes don't seem to propagate recursively, though,
even if you check the "subfolders" checkbox. Instead, they are applied
only to one level of subfolders, not to subfolders of subfolders. I
would like to find some way to avoid setting the folder type on
several hundred subfolders manually.

 

[Elmo]

This is almost what I'm looking for. It doesn't appear that the
"customize" options (which provides several preset folder types, e.g.,
music, photo album) correspond exactly with the "folder options." But
if I set the folder to type "pictures," it does change it to
thumbnails. The changes don't seem to propagate recursively, though,
even if you check the "subfolders" checkbox. Instead, they are applied
only to one level of subfolders, not to subfolders of subfolders. I
would like to find some way to avoid setting the folder type on
several hundred subfolders manually.

There might be a program that will allow you to change folder views en
mass, but I couldn't find one.