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How to make explorer remember my folder layout preferences
Hi,
I've recently upgraded from Windows XP so I'm still not yet fully aware of all the differences that have been made from XP to Vista to Windows 7.
In XP I use to have 'My Music' and 'My Video' folders displayed in thumbnail view and inside those sub folders my tracks/video would be displayed in thumbnail view arranged by name and manually arranged in descending order. In Windows 7 I hear they rely on folder libraries but I downloaded 'Folder Options X' to re-enable icon reordering and also have been converting my folder images to .ico extensions so I can change the folder from the skewed look to flat XP thumbnail look but my folders do not remember my layout preferences.
Edit: Ok I think the below has solved my problems, so far this is really great as it saves me hours and hours of senseless customizing but I also have a custom folder labelled 'Fruit Machines' which are emulated gamblers and have them set up in thumbnail view similar to My Music and My Video. How would I customize that folder separately without it affecting other folders display view ?
STEP BY STEP
You can do these two processes in any order but I like to do it as presented because I can then most easily see the changes. For the example below I'm going to make them Music folders and I'm going to apply the Details view template.
Process A: Make Subfolders use Same View Template
Right Click on the Parent folder that contains all the Subfolders > Properties > Customize tab > check Also apply...subfolders > select *Music* (for this example) > Apply then Okay
Process 1: Customize and Apply the Music view template layout
Find or create a folder of the view template you want to use.
Select the *Details* view (or List, Large Icons, etc.) and then customize the layout the way you want it. Add new desired columns and reorder them as you like.
Organize menu > Folder and search options > View tab > Apply to folders. THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS because otherwise it doesn't know you want ALL the *Music* folders to be like this one.
Last edited by Swiftkidd; 03 Jul 2013 at 07:35.