Change Folder View Setting from Global to Individual Folder

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  1. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    Change Folder View Setting from Global to Individual Folder


    When I'm in a folder and changes the folder view from, say, List to Extra Large Icons, the folder view changes for all the folders on my computer, which is a royal PITA. Is there any way to change the folder view only in the folder I'm in at the time and leave the setting for the other folders as is? Example: have picture folders set for Extra Large Icons and some document folders set for List and others, Details.
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    If this doesn't help I'm not sure what will outside some third party app,
    Folder View - Apply to Folders
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  3. Posts : 757
    Win10 Pro 64-bit
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  4. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    I've made a note of that for future use but it doesn't address the Folder View issue. Thanks, though.
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  5. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    ThrashZone said:
    If this doesn't help I'm not sure what will outside some third party app,
    Folder View - Apply to Folders
    I'm doing something wrong or I'm being denser than usual but I can't find any of the screens shown it the tutorial and the one linked in there on my computer. Maybe something will click tomorrow.
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Jeannie,

    You are correct that changing a folder view in one folder should only change it in that specific folder, and not all of them unless you used "Apply to Folders" to do so.

    You might see if resetting folder views back to default may be able to clear this up for you.

    Folder View Settings - Reset All to Default

    Hope this helps. :)
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  7. Posts : 757
    Win10 Pro 64-bit
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    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    I've made a note of that for future use but it doesn't address the Folder View issue. Thanks, though.
    It doesn't? I had the problem you mention about one view for all folders, but after I installed ShellFolderFix I was then able to have Details for one folder, Large Icons for another, etc, and the program saved the preferences, in addition to size, and position.
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  8. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    Brink said:
    Hello Jeannie,

    You are correct that changing a folder view in one folder should only change it in that specific folder, and not all of them unless you used "Apply to Folders" to do so.

    You might see if resetting folder views back to default may be able to clear this up for you.

    Folder View Settings - Reset All to Default

    Hope this helps. :)
    All I can tell it did was to scramble and resize my desktop shortcuts. I had to reorganize and resize them back to where they were.
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  9. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    ThrashZone said:
    If this doesn't help I'm not sure what will outside some third party app,
    Folder View - Apply to Folders
    I'm doing something wrong or I'm being denser than usual but I can't find any of the screens shown it the tutorial and the one linked in there on my computer. Maybe something will click tomorrow.
    Nothing's clicking. I can't follow the tutorial because I'm not getting the screen selections shown in the tutorials.
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  10. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #10

    It sounds like you may not have opened Folder Options from within that specific window, and opened it from another location instead.
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