I have no idea how this will play in Windows 7. From "Organize" drop down menu available below the toolbar , selected "Folder and Search Options". Select "Apply to Folders". It changed all my folders view to "Tiles". I guess you can try for other as well. Follow this article where five steps are shown to apply the same folder view to all folders and sub-folders in a HDD in Windows OS.
The same procedure is applicable for your optical drive as well. I know I'm three years late, but I wanted to say thanks anyway.
I noticed this, however: For my second hard drive E: , I was able to right-click on the drive icon at root level and a Customize tab was available, thereby allowing me to set the type of folder option for all the folders on my E: drive.
However, the same technique did not work for C:. No Customize tab was available, therefore, I applied the setting to each root-level folder individually. I've been "suffering" with my folders appearing in many different ways for a long, long time.
I'm not directing my frustration toward you, of course, but if Microsoft is giving the user the option of customizing the type of folder, you'd think all the related controls would be located together. In other words, as users are setting Folder Options under the Personalization section of Control Panel, to me it seems they'd co-locate all the related controls instead of making users frustrated by wondering why the options they set are not being "globally" applied to ALL folders on their computer.
This is useful, can't believe it's only now I've wanted to set all views to a particular type. Other users are correct. This doesn't work, as Folders seem to revert to their "type" depending on their contents. I had to search hard for this - the "answer" at the start of the thread annoyed me by totally missing the point of the question, bu finding this made it all worth while.
This works fine for me except where there ar NO files in the folder, only other folders. If you drop a tiny text file in then it seems OK. MS sure hate the simple life and I totally agree with Lord Koos comments on the designers. I wish I had his restraint and and could avoid profanity. But that's ok. The real problem is we're talking about two different things which should really be two different threads:.
If this is your concern, you have NOT found how to do it, and wish to just vent a little, then fine, I supposed you can post too sigh. Because of the complete absence of customization options, I surmise nothing will help THAT little situation other than one or several registry hacks. But I have yet to find one. If you do, or you have, please please! I'm sorry, but this is NOT the solution.
As soon as you open another folder with different kinds of files, it changes the view setting. People below who are saying this is the solution are clueless. Fortunately, there is a fix. Download the bat file in the link below, close all windows and apps, and run it as an administrator. What the above "solution" doesn't mention is that MS has screwed up the View settings feature by trying to make Windows "think. So they thought we needed to be able to view different folders differently if they contain different types of content.
So, with Win7, if you dump a bunch of MP3 files into a documents folder, it switches that folder's view setting to "Music". What the above linked registry hack does is it turns of this "smart" detection "feature" and makes all folders "General Items" regardless of what kinds of files they contain.
And every single day I have to waste my time changing individual folders from Large Icons view to Details view again and again and again. Is there seriously no way to see details in the root folder and display only the image files themselves as large icons? Did the brain dead parasites at the Microsoft monopoly never think of the possibility that Large Icons should ONLY apply to image files and the folders that contain them directly? Do you think your users who have more than 20 subfolders of photos need to see 6 of the 20 big brown folder icons when looking up a picture?
Or do you suppose they'd prefer to see a list of their subfolders? Oh, they can just switch the view back and forth every time using our handy drop-down menu point, click, find the thing, point, click, repeat ad nauseum. Yea, thanks for burdening millions with your time-wasting nonsense. You all belong in jail. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Resources for IT Professionals.
Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. How do you set up a default folder view of "List" for ALL the folders in Windows 7 including the optical drive?
Friday, November 6, AM. Hi, The "Apply to folders" settings apply the current view setting to all folders that are optimized for the same content as the folder you have open. Wednesday, November 11, AM.
Hi, According to my test, you can apply view settings to all folders of the same type. Here are the detailed steps: 1. Tuesday, November 10, AM. It doesn't seem to remember these settings for all the folders. I browse though some folders and go back to "Computer" and the view has changed to "titles" or "Details". And the optical drive defaults back to "details" when I enter a subfolder.
I want to know too. Friday, April 9, PM. How about Network Files? File open Thanks, John. Proposed as answer by derizion Tuesday, April 27, PM. Monday, April 26, PM. It does not work. I am quite sure you did NOT check this thoroughly. It failed to work the first time I tested it.
Thursday, August 19, PM. Friday, August 20, AM. Thank you so much I was going crazy trying to figure it out! Saturday, August 28, AM. I will do the alt and get into folder options but when I look at view "apply to Folders" is disabled. Is there another way. Thursday, September 16, PM.
Friday, September 24, AM. Monday, December 6, PM. Blah-Bee , on September 11th, at pm Said:. Proposed as answer by sharepointisneedlesslycomplex Friday, December 17, AM. The five templates are called in Windows 7 : General Items Documents Pictures Music Videos When a folder is opened, Windows Explorer examines the contents to see if it can automatically determine which folder template to use to display the folder contents.
THAT is what i want to know! Friday, December 17, AM. Tuesday, January 11, PM. Wednesday, January 19, AM. Wish you well. Go to the folder that you want, click on View, click on Preview pane then on List. Then shut down File Explorer and restart. Get back in and pick the folder in File Explorer and it should be in list view. This works on each folder by it self.
Other folders can be different. In reply to lacrumb's post on October 8, It was kind of you to try to help. In reply to RobertMcN's post on October 21, I too am fed up with Microsoft on this. I swear I get every view but list. In reply to OuelletteProperties's post on December 17, Put this in Feedback. In reply to BiggestNige's post on December 18, Whether you prefer details, lists, thumbnails, or icons, making sure Windows Explorer always displays your files and folders in the view of your choice is more difficult than it should be.
Freeware alternatives to Explorer may be just the ticket. I will go out on a limb and say that in the history of humankind no product has caused more irritation to more people than Windows. At least not since the invention of the pop-top can and with the possible exception of the Ford Escort. However, I have to use it vis-a-vis my business. Just bought a Windoze 7 machine and its idiotic permissions, among other things, are even more irritating than previous incarnations All I want is for the default for all folders to be medium [icons].
I hear you, Terry. A default program is the program that Windows uses when you open a particular type of file, such as a music file, an image, or a webpage. For example, if you have more than one web browser installed on your computer, you can choose one of them to be the default browser. Use this option to choose which programs you want Windows to use, by default.
If a program does not show up in the list, you can make the program a default by using Set Associations. Click the program that you want to use as the default for the file type you selected, or click the arrow next to Other Programs to show additional programs. If you don't see Other Programs , or your program is not listed, click Browse to find the program you want to use, and then click Open. If no other programs are installed that are able to open the file type or protocol, your choices will be limited.
If you don't see the program you want to use as the default, click the arrow next to Other Programs to see a list of programs available on your computer. Note: You cannot change an association for a file type or protocol and leave it blank or disassociated. You must select a new program.
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