Limit Explorer display to current folder


  1. alweiss
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    Windows 7 Professional
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    Limit Explorer display to current folder


    Problem: I go to a specific folder and change the view from Details to Icons. All the folders above and below this one (all the way up to Documents) have their view changed. How do I restrict the change only to the current folder?

    I seem to remember that in previous versions of Windows I had this option. Now I can't find anything similar.
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  3. Ztruker
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    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    What happens if, while looking at the folder, you right click, select View then the setting you want? For me it only changes the folder I'm looking at.
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  4. alweiss
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    Nope. That's exactly the problem, it changes the view for ALL folders from the root to the deepest one.
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