Windows Explorer Auto Arrange - Disable

Hamilton,

You might try downloading them again to see if the others may have been corrupted while downloading if interrupted.

If not, then unhide your file extensions, and double check to make sure that the downloaded file has .reg at the end of it's name. If not, rename it so that it does.

If it does, then check in default programs to make sure that the .reg file extension is set to have it's "Current Default" program as Registry Editor (C:\Windows\regedit.exe).

If it still will not merge, then download and merge the reg option in the tutorial below to see if that may help. It will restore all default associations for reg files.

Default File Type Associations - Restore

You're most welcome Hamilton. I'm happy to hear it's working for you. :)

Hello LeadFarmer, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If this is the Pictures library folder that you are trying to do this in, auto arrange cannot be disabled in library folders.

This will only work other with the normal folders in Windows Explorer. For example, the C:\Users\(user-name)\Pictures folder instead. If you have auto arrange disabled in all other non library folders, then you could also change the Pictures button in the Start Menu to open to your user profile folder location instead of the library location.

Start Menu User Folder Buttons - Open to Users Instead of Libraries

Hope this helps,
Shawn

You're most welcome LeadFarmer, and thank you. :)

That's great news.

The tutorial below will show you how to set a default folder view like that in all folders. :)

Folder View - Set a Default for All Folders