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I'm running Win7 Home Premium and I notice the Tools/Folder Options/View /Apply to folders, doesn't seem to work. It didn't work in Vista either. Is there a fix for this? Thanks.
 

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jacatone said:
I'm running Win7 Home Premium and I notice the Tools/Folder Options/View /Apply to folders, doesn't seem to work. It didn't work in Vista either. Is there a fix for this? Thanks.
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works on my win 7 can you using the snipping tool (type snipping in search) make screenshot of the folders tab and upload it to us using the attachment icon (shaped like a paperclip) in the reply form

thanks

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jacatone said:
I'm running Win7 Home Premium and I notice the Tools/Folder Options/View /Apply to folders, doesn't seem to work. It didn't work in Vista either. Is there a fix for this? Thanks.
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What are you trying to change in the view tab?
 

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Could be a conflict in content type. Setting the custom view in a folder with metadata not contained in other folders.
 
When you open a file/folder, there's an option to view the contents as a thumbnail, tiles, icons, lists, etc. Then you have to specify in Tools/Folder options/View/Apply to all folders. My selection of Icons never stays permanent. It always defaults back to list.
 

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Helloo Jacatone,

Reset the folder views to see if it will remember them when you do it again after the reset.

Hope this helps,
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I tried this fix but it doesn't seem to make change in the registry. Do I have to be root or something? Thanks.
 

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Sorry, maybe a naive query. You are, of course, clicking the "Apply" at the bottom of the window?
 

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Yes, clicked apply.
 

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What a pain. The more I use Win 7, the more I miss XP.
 

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Did you try to run a virus scan. Online or 3P ones watever u hv installed?
 

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jacatone said:
What a pain. The more I use Win 7, the more I miss XP.
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I was initially frustrated with Win7. But, it's so much more capable and sophisticated than XP, it's worth it. Vista was a step I wish I had missed.

There are some places in Windows Explorer where Folder Options:Apply isn't available. For example, Computer and any folder in Libraries. I'm guessing this is because they're aggregates instead of unique places on disk.

The first thing I do after OS installation is undo the hiding of any files and set unique Folder Options for pics, videos, music and other files.
 

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