Setting Folder View

A

auser

I have tried setting Folder View to always show Details, but it keeps
changing to Icons.

How do I set All folders to always show Details?

Alex B.,
 
B

BruceM

Maybe you're getting confused between two dif things.
I thought FOLDER/VIEW DETAILS referred to the information down the left side
if the explorer window & contain info once you mouseover or highlight a file
or folder as well as options avail to do.
I suspect you are more concerned with the option once you open a folder to
VIEW/DETAILS?
 
A

auser

Maybe you're getting confused between two dif things.
I thought FOLDER/VIEW DETAILS referred to the information down the left side
if the explorer window & contain info once you mouseover or highlight a file
or folder as well as options avail to do.

That is a completly different setting & I have it set to Tips & clicking
[Folders] on the tool bar togels it to show Directory view.
I suspect you are more concerned with the option once you open a folder to
VIEW/DETAILS?

That is what I said. To explain my problem in more detail,

I started out by going to Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View,
Which says:
Folder views, You can apply the view (such as Details or Tiles) that you
are using for this folder to all folders. There are 2 buttons:
[Apply to all folders] [Reset All Folders].

Control Panel is set to Details & I clicked the [Apply to all folders]
button, but the next time I Restart the computer or open a folder it is
set to Icons or Tiles.

I also have "Remember each folder's view settings" checked.

Even after setting a folders View to Details going to Tools>Folder
Options & clicking [Apply to all folders] on any folder doesn't stick.

The only Folder Views I ever use or want to use are Details or
Thumbnails & I don't use Thumbnails very often.
 
D

DanS

I started out by going to Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View,
Which says:
Folder views, You can apply the view (such as Details or Tiles) that
you are using for this folder to all folders. There are 2 buttons:
[Apply to all folders] [Reset All Folders].

Control Panel is set to Details & I clicked the [Apply to all folders]
button, but the next time I Restart the computer or open a folder it
is set to Icons or Tiles.

I also have "Remember each folder's view settings" checked.

Even after setting a folders View to Details going to Tools>Folder
Options & clicking [Apply to all folders] on any folder doesn't stick.

Did you try doing it while in Explorer, thru Tools -> Folder Options ?

I'd give it a shot there. Open Explorer to a REGULAR folder, not Control
Panel, and set it to details. Then go to Tools -> Folder Options and try the
'Apply to all folders' there.

Control Panel is not really a folder. It is a namespace folder.

Regards,

DanS
 

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