re: Question about 'How do I fix the ''Details'' view in Explorer?'
Thursday, May 27, 2004 at 8:59 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by max bremer
(1 messages posted)
Is there a way to "choose details" for a group of folders? I would like my picture
folders to have appropriate details, and my music folders to have different ones,
without having to go through and do each one.
On Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 9:17 am, Fulcrum wrote:
>At the top of Explorer's right pane, right click on any of the category (Detail)
>names. You'll get a context menu with several of the possible Detail headings listed
>and "More..." at the bottom. Click on "More..." You now have a dialog box with
>a scroll window on the left that shows all of the selectable Detail headings; each
>with a checkbox at the left. From here, check off the headings you want to display
>for the current folder. Note also the four buttons to the right, near the top.
>"Hide" and "Show" will uncheck or check the box next to a detail heading. The "Move
>Up" and "Move Down" buttons allow you to chose the order in which your selected
Detail
>headings display. The topmost heading will display as the leftmost column, followed
>to the right by the others, in order.
>
>Once you have things displayed the way you want, you may not be home free unless
>you do one more thing. From the Explorer Menu, pick Tools > Folder Options... then
>pick the View tab. In the Advanced settings: window, scroll down just past halfway
>and make sure you've got a check in the box next to "Remember each folder's view
>settings". This will cause XP to "remember" the uniqe settings for up to 400 folders.
>
>
>After all that, you should be good to go.
>
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