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Gordon thanking Ken
Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 5:42 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gordon winter
(3 messages posted)
On Saturday 14 May at 2pm Gordon says thank you Ken for your help on sizing folders.
I have not tried it yet, but I will.
I think you should write a book entitled "Simple Answers to computer problems"...or
similar -- because you write simply and use words well, like pearls rolling off tongue
kind of thing. And that's not idle flattery. I have written five books (all published).
However, I ain't bright enough to understand those Windows for Dummies and Windows
for Idiots books.
Yours was the second tip I got today (the other was how to set up a "work" slot on
the toolbar which enables me to move from one file to another without going out of
the initial file).
Thanks again, Ken,
gordon winter174@hotmail.com
On Friday, May 13, 2005 at 5:03 am, Ken wrote:
>Hi Gordon, I hate this about XP. With earlier versions of Windows this wasn't a
problem.
>I have managed a "workable solution" for my preferences, I'll see if I can help
you.
>
>First thing you need to do is Open your My Documents folder and place it and size
>it exactly how you want it to stay. Next, Click on Tools->Folder Options->View Tab->Advanced
>Settings->Remember each folder's view settings (scroll down to it and check the
box).
>
>Now, the messed up thing about XP is that any point AFTER you've done this to your
>My Docs folder (and it's working fine), if you later change settings to OTHER folders,
>and click on "Apply to all Folders", you lose your My Docs folder settings.
>
>Also (and this is even more annoying to me), if you open your perfectly sized and
>placed My Docs folder and within that WINDOW you go UP to another folder or DOWN
>to another folder, your properly placed and sized window doesn't belong to My Docs
>anymore. It belongs to the NEW FOLDER you opened in that window. So since you've
>checked the box "Remember each folder's view settings", now the new folder gets
the
>saved view settings. If you then open My Doc's again, XP often won't place a new
>window directly on top of another one, so it loses part or all of it's previously
>saved characteristics.
>
>So you end up having to make sure you:
>1. Size and place My Docs how you want it
>2. Check the box "Remember each folder's view settings"
>3. Afterward, Don't change folder settings and "Apply to all folders"
>4. Within the My Docs folder, if you explore UP or DOWN to another folder, GO BACK
>to My Docs before closing the Window.
>
>This will keep My Docs opening how you want it. Not too much of a PITA once you
understand
>how to MAKE it work.
>
>Ken
>
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