HI All,
There was no intereste in this subject, but after repeated attempts
at Google, I finally came up with a post that related to what I was
trying to do. I did not want to believe that WinXP has fewer
features, than Win98.
While I did not follow the whole post, enough of it was usefull to
accomplish what I was trying and prove a point. Here it is:
winXp Folder View ================
Setting all folders to look like the "current" folder (as described
in the tip) works fine, UNLESS you also have a check mark in the box
below the "like the current folder " button which says "remember each
folder's view settings". If that box is checked and you ever change
the display view of a folder, the change "sticks" for that folder,
until the next time you ripple "all like the current folder" through
the system.
To get things to come up the way you want them, do the following:
(1) Set Explore as the default command (not OPEN) for the "folder"
type.
(2) Make sure that "hidden" files are shown, not hidden
(3) Make sure extensions (.exe etc) are shown, not hidden.
(4) Set the current explorer window to show you "details" or whatever
you really want to see (including widths of name fields, size fields
etc.)
(5) Make sure "Remember Each Folder's View Settings" is NOT checked.
(6) Ripple using the "Like Current Folder" button. By the way,
certain "special" folders, like "Control Panel" will not be corretly
set up this way (vs field width etc.) open them, set them the way you
want them, then ripple via "like current folder" ... it won't clobber
you default setup for everything else!
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Rich
On 25 Jul 2005 at 11:11, Rich Koziol wrote:
> I'm sure this is REAL Old subject. Trying to setup WinXP for someone
> to look like Win98. Search of this List archives did not turnup an
> answer.
>
> My win98 allows me to set all folders to display icons and Win
> Explorer folder to display Details. Can't seem to get the same
> result in WinXP. Have set all the right things, like remember each
> folder setting. My Win98 also remembers each folder size, when I
> open the ones on a desktop - WinXP does not.
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