Different views when opening external hard drives


  1. jasin39
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    Win7 64bit home premium
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    Different views when opening external hard drives


    Sometimes when I open a folder, I get an a to z list of all the files. Sometimes when I open an external drive, the files are separated into categories based on file type.

    All of my folders are listed followed by a horizontal line break. Then My ISOs are listed, followed by mp3,Avi, etc etc.

    I dislike the second layout. How do I get Windows 7 to always use the first layout: the layout where it's just the a to z list of all my files ?
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  3. MilesAhead
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    Windows 7 32 bit
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    You can set list or details view in view menu. Then in Options => View click Apply to Folders. The thing with external drives is Explorer is likely to forget the setting if the drive is seen as removable.
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