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. You can reset the view shown in the five folder templates in Windows Explorer via the Folder Properties dialog. Going the Explorer-replacement route You might wonder why Microsoft would make it so difficult for Windows users to see the contents of all folders in Explorer in the view of their choice, whether details, lists, small icons, large icons, or some other view.
You might also wonder whether there might be a better file manager available for Windows. The free Classic Shell file manager was one of the three Windows 7-enhancing utilities I described in April Gizmo's Freeware site recently updated its list of the best free file managers for Windows.
The program also lets you split, merge, or "destroy" files, and create bookmarks and custom keyboard shortcuts. Even if you use a Windows file manager other than Explorer, you're likely to find yourself navigating through Windows' built-in file and folder viewers from time to time.
Unless you find yourself spending a big chunk of your workday managing files and folders on a Windows machine, it may be most efficient to change Explorer's view to your preference once for each folder type and then learn to live with the handful of folders that will inevitably insist on presenting whichever view Microsoft preselected for us. Our community of experts have been thoroughly vetted for their expertise and industry experience. The Distinguished Expert awards are presented to the top veteran and rookie experts to earn the most points in the top 50 topics.
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