This problem is carried over from XP where the views of folders and
files within Explorer are not kept correctly. When I look at the
Windows folder it shows "Artist Album Genre" etc. as if it were a
music folder. Most folders can be modified by going to properties then
customize and changing the setting. Windows and some others do not
have that option!! I can't figure out how that got this way in the
first place... anyway, my guess is a registry fix but I have no idea
where... any help out there and how to prevent it in the future??

thanks, Richard

It's a known problem. The good news is that you will find that there is
an excellent tutorial on this very site that will definitely help you
get this problem straightened out.

'Windows Explorer Folder View settings'
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html)

Follow the instructions closely, there are a couple of registry paths
involved that have very similar names but significantly different
behaviors.

rwphilips;651769 Wrote:
This problem is carried over from XP where the views of folders and
files within Explorer are not kept correctly. When I look at the
Windows folder it shows "Artist Album Genre" etc. as if it were a
music folder. Most folders can be modified by going to properties then
customize and changing the setting. Windows and some others do not
have that option!! I can't figure out how that got this way in the
first place... anyway, my guess is a registry fix but I have no idea
where... any help out there and how to prevent it in the future??

thanks, Richard


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