Can you have libraries be default closed?


  1. Posts : 36
    Windows
       #1

    Can you have libraries be default closed?


    (New to W7 btw :)

    You can make Libraries, and then put folders into it.

    My question is: When I click on the library in the left pane in explorer, it lists all the contents in the right pane but they are all open, is there a way to have it default to closed sub folders?

    Not sure I explained that well, so I'll try to illustrate it.

    I make a library called MASTERLIBRARY, and it contains the folders SUBFOLDER1, SUBFOLDER2, SUBFOLDER3

    Normally when I click on MASTERLIBRARY it looks like this:

    SUBFOLDER1
    File1
    File2
    File3
    SUBFOLDER2
    File1
    File2
    File3
    SUBFOLDER3
    File1
    File2
    File3


    But I would like it to just display:
    SUBFOLDER1
    SUBFOLDER2
    SUBFOLDER3


    (In the right explorer pane, not the left)
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  2. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello EpiCenter,

    By default all included folders in a library will be displayed like your top example. This cannot be changed.

    One way to workaround this is to right click in each SUBFOLDER (included folder) and click on New and Folder. Next, move all the files and folders in this new folder so that it will look like this instead below.




    SUBFOLDER1 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
      • File1
      • File2
      • File3
    SUBFOLDER2 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
      • File1
      • File2
      • File3
    SUBFOLDER3 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
      • File1
      • File2
      • File3

    OR



    SUBFOLDER1 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
    SUBFOLDER2 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
    SUBFOLDER3 (included folder)
    • NEW FOLDER
    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 36
    Windows
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Naa, that is too much bother - I'm not going to do workarounds, guess I'll just not use libraries.
    Thanks for your reply.
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  4. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    You're welcome. Sorry.

    I suppose that you could just use your user folders. This will show you how to have the ones that open from the Start Menu open to the actual user folder instead of libraries if it may help.

    Start Menu User Folder Buttons - Open to Users Instead of Libraries
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  5. Posts : 36
    Windows
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I don't think I'm going to use those pre configured folders, for one thing they seem to be shared by everybody (never understood why microsoft does this) and they are full of werid stuff (folders and shortcuts to things i don't use etc etc)
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