> Hello Rick, R>> There are some windows gurus on here and I think the answer if known R>> would benefit all
R>> Here's what I want to do R>> I want certain folders, when opened from ANY APPLICATION to always R>> open with thumbnails enabled the way MY PICTURES does. R>> This can be set to happen in windows explorer or My Computer but it R>> will not carry over to other programs such as The Bat R>> I have a specific folder I use for my animations and it always R>> opens as a list even though it is set in windows as a photo album. R>> Does anyone know the setting or registry entry so I don't have to R>> constantly change this to Thumbnails each time I access the folder from a program? > Here using Win XP pro I go to START > CONTROL PANEL > FOLDER OPTIONS > and click on the VIEW tab. Near the bottom of the folder options is a > one which says "Remember each folder's view settings". > Although for me that selection was already ticked, I too had been > having problems with photo folders opening showing DETAILS instead of > thumbnails regardless of which state they were in when I last closed > them. I un-ticked the option and then re-ticked it which caused the > APPLY button to become active. I clicked on APPLY and closed CONTROL > PANEL. I then went to a pictures folder and opened it (it opened in > DETAILS view) and changed the view to THUMBNAILS and closed the > folder. When I re-opened the folder, it was still set to THUMBNAILS. I > changed the VIEW to DETAILS, closed the folder and then re-opened it > to find that it was still set to DETAILS. I changed the VIEW again > back to THUMBNAILS, closed the folder and then re-opened it to find > the view still set to THUMBNAILS. > So it would seem that somewhere along the way that option became > corrupted. It appears that un-ticking and re-ticking the "Remember > each folder's view settings" has fixed the corruption. > Thanks for your question, it's helped me and might help you. Thanks for the reply. I'm glad it fixed your issue. I am trying to get a totally unrelated folder to show thumbnail. There has to be a way - I'll find it eventually. I smell a registry issue :)) -- Rick When you're caffeinated, all is right with the world v4.1.11.6 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.1.11 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
