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re: Folder defaults
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 5:45 pm
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Posted by Steve B (1909 messages posted)


I don't know about the "apply to subfolders" thing.

Here's what I do.

Click View, then check details.

Then go over to Tools > Folder options > View tab.  Check the box that says "Apply 
to all folders".






On Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 4:34 pm, bela okmix wrote:
>What is the trick to getting folders to display as DETAILS????
>
>I go to one of my top nodes, toggle it over to details, and check "apply to subfolders
>as well". And yet EVERY LAST FOLDER I go into, I have to do this [again] by hand!
>
>I would like the systemwide DEFAULT to be "details"...with a few JPG or MPG folders
>hand-toggled to "thumbnails" afterwards.
>
>Why does XP default to thumbnails in the first place?! This is just plain stupid,
>when most of the files are TXT and the like.
>
>-----
>In a similar vein, how do I get the explorer headers ("Type", "Size", "Date Modified"...)
>to stick?
>
>The default seems to involve screen resolution, etc., and I don't really feel like
>resetting this for EVERY folder I go into.



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