folder view

Making sure your icons are correctly sized QUESTION I can’t view folders properly on my Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit PC. I set the folders to show the view and icon size I wanted, then clicked 'Apply to Folders', ticked the 'Remember each folder's view settings' option and checked that 'Restore...

I am looking for a way to set all my folders (viewed with win. Explorer) to use one visual look. meaning: all use Details. all use the same columns (Name, Size, Type). all with the same column widths. It would be nice to set all current folders like this, and have any newly created folders to...

Is there a way to remove that toolbar from folder view in Windows 7? The toolbar immediately under the address bar. Screenshot:

In WinXP I created a shortcut to WinExplorer with the following parameters: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,D:\tmp When I do this in Win7 then the dir is opened on the right side of WinExplorer but on the left side the directory tree remains unexpanded. How can I tell WinExplorer to...

I want all of my folders to open up in list view. I found the folder properties but the darn "apply to all folders" is greyed out. please help thank Nick

I just upgraded to Windows 7, and I don't like some of the UI upgrades. I would like to revert back the right click menu at the taskbar for the tabs to Vista. I can't close it like I used to. I don't like the fact that I have to move my mouse upwards quite a bit (compared to a slight nudge to...

Cannot "CTRL+V paste" into selected window if nothing is selected in that window. But i have more This is now i thought Windows 7 would be like. Wonder if we could post a request to MS to get it this way or somewhat give us more working space and remove some of the annoying features...

okay heres what i want: to veiw music stored on my external HD through wmp12 onto my 360, okay thats not to tough, but heres the catch... i want to veiw that music in the original folder veiw that i have set up on my HD. i read a rumor that the "play to" function may accomplish this...

Hi there. I have a strange problem that I've noticed two days ago. When I delete files or file, and it doesn't matter what kind of file, the files do get deleted, however, I still see them in the folder as if they are not deleted. I have to press F5 to refresh the folder in order to update the...

There are TONS TONS of ways to turn XP to Windows Vista or 7 but like most of XP users we "i" want to turn Vista or in this case W7 into XP. I want old sort by date back When saving files i want to be able to sellect desktop without having to co C:\Users\Name\Desktop (to long) faster my ass Dont...

hi all, i have a small problem which is driving me nuts and can't figure out or find a solution online so i thought i'd post here. when i view my folders in Explorer, i want each folder to have a different view. some in List mode, others as Medium Icons, etc. When i make a change to the view...

I dont know whether or not im typing in the right section, but here goes: How do you change folder views permanently? It might be a stupid question but I feel that everytime I change a folder's view to LIST, Windows overrides it to a somewhat default view based on the content of the folder. If...

So what I need to do, where change in regedit MAXIMUM COUNT OF CHARACTERS FOR NAME OF THE ICON? I want that, icons in Win 7 in folders would be shown exactly in THE SAME WAY like they are in Win XP in Icons View. Link Removed Namely if I set in Win 7 Small Icons i got a list, Medium...

So what I need to do, where change in regedit MAXIMUM COUNT OF CHARACTERS FOR NAME OF THE ICON? I want that, icons in Win 7 in folders would be shown exactly in THE SAME WAY like they are in Win XP in Icons View. Link Removed Namely if I set in Win 7 Small Icons i got a list, Medium...

Question - will Microsoft ever let me choose my music albums via a "Folder" selection, rather than albums, songs, artists and so on? My music folder is very large and very old. I used Foobar 2000 a few months back to search the 'net and apply details and album art to every album. It didn't. The...

Hi Guys, Have a question I could do with an answer to please! All my albums are in different folders in my music folder... The Columns as your are aware can have different rows eg track number, title, year, rating date added Etc. I want all my folders to open up displaying the same info...

I just did a clean load of windows vista on my Sony vaio. It came with xp and then the free upgrade disk. I did fresh install of Vista, bypassing XP all together. So..... a couple major annoyances. When I am in a program, like online (IE7) let's say. I go to upload a picture. After I...