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Windows 7: Make folders not show contents?
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21 Apr 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64 Boston, MA |
Make folders not show contents?
How can I make the folders not show the contents of it. I mean like how i see folders within the folder, or a bunch of pictures, ect.
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution 1366x768, 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in
Mouse Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
PSU N/A
Case N/A
Cooling Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Hard Drives ❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Internet Speed 55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info ❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
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21 Apr 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Chicago |
Quote: Originally Posted by cclloyd9785  How can I make the folders not show the contents of it. I mean like how i see folders within the folder, or a bunch of pictures, ect. Select the content of the folder, right-click, properties, select hidden, ok. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number baarod/MCP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6GHz 9x400FSB
Motherboard Gigabyte G33M-S2H
Memory 4GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4670
Sound Card Integrated Azalia
Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL1711
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard 4000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Lasr Mouse 5000
PSU 240W TFX
Case InWin BT566
Cooling Intel Retail Stock
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex SATAII w/ 1.5FW 30,528MB system and apps
Maxtor 6L300R0 PATA 286,188MB page file, data and user profiles
Internet Speed 3Mbps Verizon DSL over 802.11g
Other Info Hauppauge WinTV PVR II Tuner, Generic $13 SoC Webcam, RT61 WiFi with remote antenna, Media Center Remote and Receiver
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21 Apr 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 |
By default the Icons, Tiles, and Content settings have the folder icon as an open folder with little thumbnails of whatever's in that folder sort of "spilling out" so you can see them. To change this, right click in the folder area, go to View, and select either List or Details.
Cheers,
Walker
Windows Outreach Team | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz
Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB
Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external)
Internet Speed Broadband
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21 Apr 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64 Boston, MA |
Yea but is there a way that it doesnt do that when viewing as large icons too? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution 1366x768, 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in
Mouse Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
PSU N/A
Case N/A
Cooling Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Hard Drives ❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Internet Speed 55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info ❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
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23 Apr 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 |
Try this: Thumbnail Previews - Enable or Disable
Cheers,
Walker
Windows Outreach Team | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz
Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB
Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external)
Internet Speed Broadband
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23 Apr 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64 Boston, MA |
I knew that would work, but im wondering if I could just make it do the folders, not the pictures too. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution 1366x768, 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in
Mouse Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
PSU N/A
Case N/A
Cooling Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Hard Drives ❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Internet Speed 55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info ❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
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23 Apr 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 |
Oh, for that i'm not sure... you might have to swap out the icon file used by Windows for folders in thumbnail mode. And I dunno how to do that :/
Cheers,
Walker
Windows Outreach Team | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz
Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB
Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external)
Internet Speed Broadband
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23 Apr 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64 Boston, MA |
Yea thats why. I have replaced it with a leopard style folder using TuneUp Utilities, and it works in thunbnail mode, and in list/detail mode, but not when its large icons, med, ect. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution 1366x768, 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in
Mouse Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
PSU N/A
Case N/A
Cooling Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Hard Drives ❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Internet Speed 55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info ❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
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23 Apr 2010
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#9 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello Michael,
The only workaround that I know for this is to replace the individual folder icon for each and every folder that you do not want a thumbnail previews on for without disabling thumbnails views for all files and folders. It will work in all icon view modes. Of course this is really only easy to use/do if you want to do this with a few folders and not all of them. Folder Icon Change - Vista Forums
Hope this helps some,
Shawn | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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23 Apr 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 |
Haha thanks for your help, Shawn  sorry if the lolcat was excessive. Michael, let us know if that solution will do for now.
Cheers,
Walker
Windows Outreach Team | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz
Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB
Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external)
Internet Speed Broadband
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