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Using Windows 8.1 on HP machine All updates up-to-date Hardware: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Explorer Folder Option selected: Single-click to open an item (point to select); Underline icon titles only when I point on them Display: Detail list (Ctrl + Shift + 6) No touch input Here's the...

Yes! That's done it. Odd that I couldn't just save it as a .reg file but I'm over it. Thank you for actually addressing my specific concern and coming up with the real solution.

The entire contents of AUTOEXEC.BAT reads: REM Dummy file for NTVDM So it's something my video driver loaded when installed for some reason or another and has nothing to do with the folder customization. Also, Elmer, I have high hopes for your solution and I believe it will work, except that...

No, no desktop.ini file in the c:\ directory. For completists, the files now not hidden are: autoexec.bat bootmgr BOOTSECT.BAk config.sys IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS pagefile.sys

Here's what I'm looking at - my C drive. Notice the columns - title, contributing artists, album; and the button for "Play All." As Jack said earlier, I can right click on the column bar and customize the columns to be general items - date modified, etc. But the folder still "thinks" it's a...

Yeah this didn't work for me either. I changed my User Folder to General Items and that changed that particular folder but the root directory remained the same. This happened to me once before and there's a change you can make in the registry to set it to general items. I've searched for it...

Thanks, Jack, but I already know how to do this, and it doesn't really answer my question. Anyone else?

Hi. For some reason, Windows 7 has decided that files in my root directory C: are music files. They're not. In every other folder, I can click on Properties, then choose Customize, then choose "Optimize This Folder For..." and choose the type I want - Documents, Photos, Music, General Items...