Vista reset folder view

I'm usually not averse to a little light Registry editing to get Windows to look or act the way I want it to look or act. But it bugs me that Vista won't let you set your default view for all folders without having to edit the Registry. So instead I opted for the long, tedious approach of changing the view one folder at a time until they all looked like I wanted them to. Open Windows Explorer or any folder window pressing the Windows key and E simultaneously is one way , click View or press Alt-V , and choose your preferred folder view.

Back in Explorer, click each folder in the left pane in succession, and whenever a folder doesn't have the view you want, repeat the steps above. Even though there are officially only five types of folders in Vista, I found that I had to change the view settings of about eight different folders until they all opened in Details view by default. Note that several of the shortcut folders aren't accessible; clicking them opens a scary warning.

Your preferred view won't be applied automatically to Open and Save As dialog boxes in Word, Paint, and other applications. These you'll also have to change manually via the Views dropdown menu. Even though Folder and Search Options is grayed out in these dialog boxes, Vista appears to remember your choice the next time you view that folder in the Open or Save As dialogs. Change Vista's default Details categories The problem with Vista's Details view is the lame categories that appear by default.

I don't have much use for Ratings. And for better or worse, I don't do much tagging of my Word documents. Yet those are two of only four Details categories that are shown automatically in some folders. Thanks for the assist. Jun 6, 1 0 0. Hi, My program files folder is somehow set to a pictures templates. Since it's a system folder, windows won't let me change it. Tried the registry hack, twice manually and with the file but it didn't work.

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Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? Sorry this wasn't the answer you wanted to hear. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I want to change the viewing order of some sub-folders from alphabetical to chronological. Thank you, Godzilla's Mommy. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.