how do I change "Folders View" for individual folders

Hello everybody,

In Windows 7 how can I change "Folders View" for individual folders without changing them system wide. For example if I select "always show icons" all my folders are set this way, and that's fine. But there are a few folders I have containing jpeg images, and I want to view those as "thumbnails" without effecting the others which are set to always show icons.

This was very easy to do in Windows XP but I can't figure out how to do it in Windows 7. many thanks for any help.

nikev216 said:

Hello everybody,

In Windows 7 how can I change "Folders View" for individual folders without changing them system wide. For example if I select "always show icons" all my folders are set this way, and that's fine. But there are a few folders I have containing jpeg images, and I want to view those as "thumbnails" without effecting the others which are set to always show icons.

This was very easy to do in Windows XP but I can't figure out how to do it in Windows 7. many thanks for any help.

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Hi nikev216,

You can change the view with this little icon on the right side of the explorer bar.



You have to uncheck the "only show icons" options, or it won't work.
Only show icons does what it says, .....

nikev216 said:

Hello everybody,

In Windows 7 how can I change "Folders View" for individual folders without changing them system wide. For example if I select "always show icons" all my folders are set this way, and that's fine. But there are a few folders I have containing jpeg images, and I want to view those as "thumbnails" without effecting the others which are set to always show icons.

This was very easy to do in Windows XP but I can't figure out how to do it in Windows 7. many thanks for any help.

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Hello Nikev,

You can make any changes to the folder template, Group by, Sort by, Stack by arrangement , Icon Size, or View arrangement that will only be applied towards that folder.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

squonksc said:

nikev216 said:

Hello everybody,

In Windows 7 how can I change "Folders View" for individual folders without changing them system wide. For example if I select "always show icons" all my folders are set this way, and that's fine. But there are a few folders I have containing jpeg images, and I want to view those as "thumbnails" without effecting the others which are set to always show icons.

This was very easy to do in Windows XP but I can't figure out how to do it in Windows 7. many thanks for any help.

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Hi nikev216,

You can change the view with this little icon on the right side of the explorer bar.

View attachment 28604

You have to uncheck the "only show icons" options, or it won't work.
Only show icons does what it says, .....

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squonksc, thanks for replying, I tried this method but it didn't work for me ...

In folder options I have unchecked only show icons so that all my folders now show thumbnails, then I open a folder I want to customize to show icons. Using that little button on the explorer bar I can only customize a folder's icon view to "Small Icons", "List", or "Details", I cant set "medium icons" which is the size I want. If I click on "medium icons" it still shows thumbnails ... strange.


also thanks to Brink, I will try the customized template method in a few hours, I will post back here when I finish ... thanks to all

it maybe crash on your system....???..?
..
Trying System Restore

I don't use system restore, I have it disabled in Services.

nikev216 said:

I don't use system restore, I have it disabled in Services.

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No disrespect intended, but that's not a wise thing to do, unless you are very disciplined with backups.

Greetz

yes I have both partitions backed-up XP & Windows 7 I do it every month, squonksc can you set medium icons view using that explorer button, and does it work for you if you choose a folder containing images (jpgs, Gifs, etc) outside of the Libraries folders, if you can there may be something wrong with my Windows 7 installation, because I can't.

nikev216 said:

yes I have both partitions backed-up XP & Windows 7 I do it every month, squonksc can you set medium icons view using that explorer button, and does it work for you if you choose a folder containing images (jpgs, Gifs, etc) outside of the Libraries folders, if you can there may be something wrong with my Windows 7 installation, because I can't.

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Yes, it works everywhere.

I think there's something wrong with your install.

OK thanks for that, I'll restore all default settings in services because I may have turned off something in there I shouldn't have, funny because everything else works perectly, in the worse scenario case I'll just re-install Windows 7 and leave everything at default. Thanks for your help everyone.

I can't count the times system restore has provided a quick and simple way to fix my system. Although I also do a complete system back up every other day. Many times, system restore is simply faster and more convenient to use, and it usually works very well. So turning it off is a very foolish idea imo. If you are concerned about the amount of disk space it uses up, that can easily be set to any amount of space you want, provided you at least give system restore the minimum amount of space it needs. Don't recall what the minimum is, but I think 3 GB is a reasonable number to allocate to it, although I allocate more space than that to it because I have found it so useful. But each to their own.

Also, doing backups only once a month is an inadequate frequency, imo. But again, each to their own.

However, this is most definitely not "safe computing."

I bet next you're going to say you don't use an anti virus program. :sarc:

harpua said:

I can't count the times system restore has provided a quick and simple way to fix my system. Although I also do a complete system back up every other day. Many times, system restore is simply faster and more convenient to use, and it usually works very well. So turning it off is a very foolish idea imo. If you are concerned about the amount of disk space it uses up, that can easily be set to any amount of space you want, provided you at least give system restore the minimum amount of space it needs. Don't recall what the minimum is, but I think 3 GB is a reasonable number to allocate to it, although I allocate more space than that to it because I have found it so useful. But each to their own.

Also, doing backups only once a month is an inadequate frequency, imo. But again, each to their own.

However, this is most definitely not "safe computing."

I bet next you're going to say you don't use an anti virus program. :sarc:

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I agree with you.

Once a month doesn't cut it because imagine how much is changed in a month.
Every program or setting changed since then will be lost.
Restoring a month old backup might actually lose you more than you gain.

I use incremental backup so it only backs up the changes since the last backup.
For people who like to do a lot of tweaking and experimenting, I recommend Acronis True Image 2009 or 2010.

It has a nice feature called "Try & Decide".
You can switch it on and off.
When switched on, you can wreck your whole system, and chose to not save the wreckage.
At next boot things are back to where you were before wrecking it.

If you are happy with the wreckage, you can chose to make it permanent.

Beats any system restore.

greetz

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harpua said:

I can't count the times system restore has provided a quick and simple way to fix my system. Although I also do a complete system back up every other day. Many times, system restore is simply faster and more convenient to use, and it usually works very well. So turning it off is a very foolish idea imo. If you are concerned about the amount of disk space it uses up, that can easily be set to any amount of space you want, provided you at least give system restore the minimum amount of space it needs. Don't recall what the minimum is, but I think 3 GB is a reasonable number to allocate to it, although I allocate more space than that to it because I have found it so useful. But each to their own.

Also, doing backups only once a month is an inadequate frequency, imo. But again, each to their own.

However, this is most definitely not "safe computing."

I bet next you're going to say you don't use an anti virus program. :sarc:

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I use R-Drive Image which takes approx 40 mins to create a backup image of my Windows 7 system. Before creating the image I run chkdsk, then run a defrag, then scan my system using NOD32 anti-virus. After the image has been created I run verification sotware to ensure there are no errors on it. I store the image on a 500GB Seagate external USB drive, not on my Windows system drive, so that in the event my Windows 7 system goes down I simply insert the R-Drive Image boot CD and restore Windows 7 from the USB drive. That image has been tried and tested and is all I need for a system backup.

My bookmarks, passwords, emails, and all my software programs, are also backed-up on to the external Seagate USB drive, I do this about once a week, it only takes a few minutes.

I've used this method for years and I'm quite comfortable with it, doing a complete restoration of my Windows system drive then installing my software programs, drivers etc takes approx 60 mins.

I agree, using system restore is fine for a quick-fix solution, but useless if your hard drive fails.

As to what you consider "safe computing" is purely subjective, you choose to back-up every other day and I choose to back-up weekly, you like using system restore and I choose not to use it. The fact that you seem to be continually using system restore to fix Windows 7 indicates to me you don't know what your doing, in fact I wouldn't let you anywhere near a computer.

Get over yourself.

nikev216 said:

harpua said:

I can't count the times system restore has provided a quick and simple way to fix my system. Although I also do a complete system back up every other day. Many times, system restore is simply faster and more convenient to use, and it usually works very well. So turning it off is a very foolish idea imo. If you are concerned about the amount of disk space it uses up, that can easily be set to any amount of space you want, provided you at least give system restore the minimum amount of space it needs. Don't recall what the minimum is, but I think 3 GB is a reasonable number to allocate to it, although I allocate more space than that to it because I have found it so useful. But each to their own.

Also, doing backups only once a month is an inadequate frequency, imo. But again, each to their own.

However, this is most definitely not "safe computing."

I bet next you're going to say you don't use an anti virus program. :sarc:

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I use R-Drive Image which takes approx 40 mins to create a backup image of my Windows 7 system. Before creating the image I run chkdsk, then run a defrag, then scan my system using NOD32 anti-virus. After the image has been created I run verification sotware to ensure there are no errors on it. I store the image on a 500GB Seagate external USB drive, not on my Windows system drive, so that in the event my Windows 7 system goes down I simply insert the R-Drive Image boot CD and restore Windows 7 from the USB drive. That image has been tried and tested and is all I need for a system backup.

My bookmarks, passwords, emails, and all my software programs, are also backed-up on to the external Seagate USB drive, I do this about once a week, it only takes a few minutes.

I've used this method for years and I'm quite comfortable with it, doing a complete restoration of my Windows system drive then installing my software programs, drivers etc takes approx 60 mins.

I agree, using system restore is fine for a quick-fix solution, but useless if your hard drive fails.

As to what you consider "safe computing" is purely subjective, you choose to back-up every other day and I choose to back-up weekly, you like using system restore and I choose not to use it ... doh!

Get over yourself.

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Although I agreed with harpua in general terms, I think the procedure you use is perfectly fine and better than many I've seen.

In defense of Harpua, he didn't know you did smaller weekly backups and about the rest of the procedures you use.

His comment was based on the info you gave "no restore points, and monthly backups."

Safe computing is subjective like you say, because it depends on how much the user cares about his data and how much he enjoys setting up everything from scratch again.

Harpua's reaction was understandable because we see a lot of users bragging about how they never use AV, backups or any kind of security.

But when the sh*t hits the fan, they come in here , and shouting for HELP!!!.

You are clearly not one of those .



PS. A tip:
Acronis backs up 20gb win7 install in about 10 minutes (9gb image)
And it restores it in about the same time.
During restore you can start using the restoring system after only a few seconds already, which is a truly unique feature.

Plus you have the added advantage of "Try & Decide".

Plus you can run the resulting image as a virtual system, and even boot from it!

Greetz

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Hi quonksc,

My method of a monthly back-up works for me, perhaps I should have added that any software I install is also then RAR'd and saved to USB on the same day I install it, and that smaller items like bookmarks passwords, emails, etc, I usually send to USB at the end of every week and this only takes a few minutes to transfer. In the worst case scenario if I need to reinstall Windows the most my system will be out of date is around 7 days, I just didn't think that it was neccessary to add all that.

I have this one golden rule concerning data which is ...

"never save anything on a computer you're not prepared to lose".

cheers.

i need a good answer

ravichauhan002 said:

i need a good answer

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Hello Ravi, and welcome to Seven Forums.

A good answer to what????

This?:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...lders-view-individual-folders.html#post275548

The OP wasn't after a discussion about how good you feel because you use system retore, he was asking why changing one folder's view setting changes all the other folders as well. Or so it would seem....

My guess it that you have tried to change a folder view in Libraries. Libraries doesn't support individual folder view settings. It's a Windows nuance that I don't like either...

Hope that answers your question.

use folder properties in option menu