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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
If I open up windows explorer and go to the folder I keep all my photos in,
"D:\1 PICS" and I right click on it and choose properties, then customize, I choose the "Pictures and Videos" template. Then I click the checkbox that says "Also apply this template to all subfolders" Then I hit ok. I open the folder and there I have many different folders containing photos. Now if I open up the subfolders, half of them show up in the "Large Icons" View which is great, but the other half show up in the Details view. So obviously the "apply to all subfolders" checkbox doesn't work. I tested something else out by customizing the parent folder "D:\1 PICS" and assigning a custom icon to it. Then every time I customize one of its subfolders and turn them into a Pictures and Video template they acquire the same custom icon as the parent folder. But still I have to go to each individual subfolder and set them to pics and video templates. I have hundreds of picture folders. There must be a way to get the "Also apply this template to all subfolders" checkbox to work properly. I know many other people have this problem, if anyone can please help out it would be greatly appreciated. Ps. I'm pretty sure every time I reset my computer, even the folders i customized as picture and video in the D:\1 PICS folder revert back to DETAILS view. |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
I just checked, and if I close windows explorer and re-open it, it has
forgotten ALL the customized settings I applied to the folders. So if i change the template of one of the subfolders in my D:/1 pics folder to pictures and videos and save it. If i close explorer and go back to it, it's set to "details" again. I don't even need to reset the machine for it to forget. |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
Ab;434038 Wrote: If I open up windows explorer and go to the folder I keep all my photos in, "D:\1 PICS" and I right click on it and choose properties, then customize, I choose the "Pictures and Videos" template. Then I click the checkbox that says "Also apply this template to all subfolders" Then I hit ok. I open the folder and there I have many different folders containing photos. Now if I open up the subfolders, half of them show up in the "Large Icons" View which is great, but the other half show up in the Details view. So obviously the "apply to all subfolders" checkbox doesn't work. I tested something else out by customizing the parent folder "D:\1 PICS" and assigning a custom icon to it. Then every time I customize one of its subfolders and turn them into a Pictures and Video template they acquire the same custom icon as the parent folder. But still I have to go to each individual subfolder and set them to pics and video templates. I have hundreds of picture folders. There must be a way to get the "Also apply this template to all subfolders" checkbox to work properly. I know many other people have this problem, if anyone can please help out it would be greatly appreciated. Ps. I'm pretty sure every time I reset my computer, even the folders i customized as picture and video in the D:\1 PICS folder revert back to DETAILS view. ------------------------- I just checked, and if I close windows explorer and re-open it, it has forgotten ALL the customized settings I applied to the folders. So if i change the template of one of the subfolders in my D:/1 pics folder to pictures and videos and save it. If i close explorer and go back to it, it's set to "details" again. I don't even need to reset the machine for it to forget. Hi Ab, To get Vista to remember all of your settings, do all of "Method Two" he http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html For some helpful information on folder templates and how to apply your changes to all folders with the same template and/or subfolders see: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html This should help you out, Shawn -- brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_ *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
Brink,
Thank you very, very much for your help. I deleted the registry keys and it worked out great! Now if I can just figure out why my task scheduler interrupts the shut down sequence when i try to turn my computer off I'll be set =) |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
Ab;434928 Wrote: Brink, Thank you very, very much for your help. I deleted the registry keys and it worked out great! Now if I can just figure out why my task scheduler interrupts the shut down sequence when i try to turn my computer off I'll be set =) Your welcome Ab, Glad to hear it helped, and thank you for the feedback. For your task scheduler: I would check in Task Manager under the "Proccesses" tab and click "Show proccesses from all users" before you shutdown to see what is running. Then check in task scheduler with what is running and see what the settings are for it. You will just have to narrow it down. If your not sure which one is causing it, then you can click "End Process" in Task Manager for the one you think it might be for a test before shutdown. If it messes things up, then just reboot to correct the problem. Good luck, Shawn -- brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_ *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
I just tried the entire Method Two and it still did not work. Any other
suggestions "brink" wrote: Ab;434038 Wrote: If I open up windows explorer and go to the folder I keep all my photos in, "D:\1 PICS" and I right click on it and choose properties, then customize, I choose the "Pictures and Videos" template. Then I click the checkbox that says "Also apply this template to all subfolders" Then I hit ok. I open the folder and there I have many different folders containing photos. Now if I open up the subfolders, half of them show up in the "Large Icons" View which is great, but the other half show up in the Details view. So obviously the "apply to all subfolders" checkbox doesn't work. I tested something else out by customizing the parent folder "D:\1 PICS" and assigning a custom icon to it. Then every time I customize one of its subfolders and turn them into a Pictures and Video template they acquire the same custom icon as the parent folder. But still I have to go to each individual subfolder and set them to pics and video templates. I have hundreds of picture folders. There must be a way to get the "Also apply this template to all subfolders" checkbox to work properly. I know many other people have this problem, if anyone can please help out it would be greatly appreciated. Ps. I'm pretty sure every time I reset my computer, even the folders i customized as picture and video in the D:\1 PICS folder revert back to DETAILS view. ------------------------- I just checked, and if I close windows explorer and re-open it, it has forgotten ALL the customized settings I applied to the folders. So if i change the template of one of the subfolders in my D:/1 pics folder to pictures and videos and save it. If i close explorer and go back to it, it's set to "details" again. I don't even need to reset the machine for it to forget. Hi Ab, To get Vista to remember all of your settings, do all of "Method Two" he http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html For some helpful information on folder templates and how to apply your changes to all folders with the same template and/or subfolders see: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html This should help you out, Shawn -- brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_ *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Customize folder - Apply to all sub folders does NOT work.
Jeff Johnson;445120 Wrote: I just tried the entire Method Two and it still did not work. Any other suggestions Hi Jeff, What did not work for you? What were you wanting? For now: Doing method two just resets all of the folder view settings and automatic folder template discovery, so Vista will remember your settings again. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html You will still need to set the Explorer folder views and templates the way you want them. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html Shawn -- brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_ *Please post feedback to help others.* |