Set "Date Taken" as default sort option in Pictures folder

Hi Guys & Gals
i have a lot of photos in different folders and i want to sort them into order of date taken, i know this can be done via ..right click, sort by..more..date taken.

But this is a pain to keep doing, is there anyway i can have it so windows remembers that i want "date taken" in the right click menu or can it be set as default anywhere??

Thanks

Pete :)

I don't know how you can set Date Taken as a global setting, but with thousands of pictures on my hard drive I create my own folder structure thus:

Computer\Data Partition\Digital Images Backup\JPEG Images\2012\2012-05-07\ then set the default for Data Taken in each Date folder.

It saves having to scroll through thousands of images and is an easy and practical way of keeping track of things.

You may also want to consider a third-party image viewer, such as IrfanView.

http://www.irfanview.net/

Oh, didnt really want to use a different viewer, thanks for the suggestion though.

Pete

Can't you set the properties of the parent folder and the photos subfolders as "Pictures", ensure sort is by "Date Taken" in the parent folder, and in the folder options, "view" tab, apply to folders of this type?

gigagiggles said:

Can't you set the properties of the parent folder and the photos subfolders as "Pictures", ensure sort is by "Date Taken" in the parent folder, and in the folder options, "view" tab, apply to folders of this type?

Hi, the parent folder is the My Pictures folder so its already set to pictures, i can see the view tab and i can click choose details & date taken but this doesnt apply to the other folders within the My Pictures

Slartybart said:

@ peter7769: Are you viewing from a Library of from a folder?

Your special folders (Doc, pics, vids, music) are the template for all folders of this type. Navigate to your Pictures folder (not the library). Set it how you want it (coliumns, column position, etc) hit the Organize button, select folder and search, hit the view tab, hit the apply to folder button, then Ok out of dialog.

Fantastic, that seems to have worked, thanks for everyone suggestions

Hi! Here´s my problem.. Can you help me?

I have a pictures folder with one folder for each client I have (I´m a dentist).

So I have a huge folder of a lot of clients, each in it´s own sub-folder.

I want this main folder arranged alphabetically, in a list mode, to help me navigate and find the right person.

But inside each of my clients´ folder, I want it displayed in Large Icons mode (So I can see all pictures I´ve got), but ordered in picture-taken mode.

I can´t seem to make the trick. When I order the main folder to picture taken, all my subfolders (each clients folders) get ordered correctly, but go back to file-list mode, and it´s not anymore in the Icons mode.

I want the main folder ordered in list-mode alphabetically, but each of it´s subfolders ordered in date taken and icon mode...

I couldn´t do it so far...

Is there a way to create a batch that enters each sub-folder, organizes it by date taken and view in an Icon mode, without changing also the main folder?

Thanks!