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If you’ve found yourself staring at a sluggish Details list in Windows 11’s File Explorer, waiting impatiently for file information to populate or wincing at jerky scrolling, you’re not alone. This nagging performance issue has tracked Windows 11 since its debut—persisting stubbornly across...

Windows 11 introduced a visually appealing File Explorer with its fresh design and enhanced features, but that modern look comes with a few performance quirks—especially in the Details view. Many users have reported that loading file information in detailed list mode feels sluggish, with...

My eyes aren't good, so, I increased the icon size in advanced display settings under display settings- Advanced sizing of text and other items. While that did increase the font size to make it easier for me to see, it also crowded the lines substantially seemingly overlapping the individual...

I always customize my folder's uniquely with different views like the size of the icon, group by, sort by name, etc. And they ALWAYS reset to (Details) view and the way how i sort and group them, they all get cleared also, i have to redo everything. It happens to random folders at random...

Is it possible to change the default view of the Windows 10 Recycle Bin when it opens? I figure there’s settings in the Registry somewhere. I would like the default to be view by details, sorted by date, descending.

In the world of information consumption in applications, it’s crucial to have a clear and easy way to navigate and inspect that information. The master-detail design pattern has become one of the most popular approaches in applications today. In this post, we’ll discuss what this is, determine...

Hey guys! I really need your help. My PC decided to reset itself today and when it did that, it screwed something up. So now, every time I change the Folder View to Tile (for example) and close & reopen the folder, everything reverts back to Details View. Everything that I changed in that folder...

Hi all. I know how I can force all folders to a specific view, but I wonder if there is a way to force a specific network folder to always display in a certain view for all Win users accessing the said folder? The folder in question is on a file server, accessible via mapped drive, contains a...

I like to use the detailed directory view in Windows Explorer. But something maddening happens in my home directory in Explorer under Desktop\<username>: no matter how much I try to set it to 'Details', any time I return to the folder, it reverts back to 'Medium Icons'. If I access the folder...

the folder had over 900 hundred files so I placed them in separate files after reading that too many files causes explorer to crash, however when I change 2 of the 7 folders to details explorer automatically crashes, for one it closes as soon as I change it to details and for the other, it...

I have been fighting a never ending battle in both 7 and 8 to make all my folders and libraries to view in details view and not any other view. I have set all folders on all my drives set to General Type. I had it do this for all sub folders. At least 2x's a day I will open a folder that I...

Icons in my folders keep reverting to Details view (Change Your View > Details) instead of Large Icons choice, which is what I want as default. It's not a consistent thing, though; sometimes I re-open folder and it's still Large Icons, sometimes it has gone back to Details view. Any suggestions?

Hi all! I recently installed Windows 8. I noticed that at some point the media tags stopped displaying in Windows Explorer for media files such as mp3 and m4b. I am talking about such tags as "title" , "bitrate" and "length" for audio files, for example. Previously this data always displayed...

I have been using Windows 7 for about a year and I do not love it. So I am seeking help trying to solve some of the annoyance. In order of importance, I want to understand permissions, folder view inheritance and finally the way windows explorer always scrolls the folder you expand (by clicking...

Vista 'organisation' bar in Windows 7's explorer? I've just got a Windows 7 64 bit laptop to go out and about with, but one of the main features that I miss off my main Vista desktop is this bar, which is very much like the one that you get in the 'details' view in Windows 7. The differences...

All my files that uses a small folder icon seems to have just vanished. Is there any way to restore it? Here's a screencap below. Link Removed Notice that there's no folder icon next to the "File Folder" types like Intel or Program Files. It's just blank. Even the icon next to "New Folder" is...

I'm running windows 7 65 bit Ultimate. When I open up a folder and go to "details" view the size is always displayed in kb, even if the file is like 2gb. How Can I change this? Link Removed Here's a ss of my problem.

Assume I have an open Windows Explorer and just deleted/added a folder. Now I (have to) press F5 to refresh the view. Depending on which part/half of the Windows Explorer has currently the focus only the tree view on the left OR the details view on the right get refreshed. The other part...

Maybe I'm not wording it properly when searching the forum, but I'm having a few Windows 7 issues lately. For the past couple months my folders ALL open to "large icon" view I'll switch to details view but the next time I open the folder it's back to large icon. Strangely enough, the only...

I HATE the various icon views. I'd like Win7 to ONLY use details view. It's annoying when Win7 reverts to icon view when I'm saving a file, or when I'm inserting an image in Word. Where can I tell Win7 to use only details view at all times and in all situations? Thanks