[mickeymoose8]

I know on that on XP there's an Apply to all folders function for setting the folder view. However, I'd like to know how to do this for a folder and it's subfolders (i.e. My Music, My Pictures, etc...) It just does not make sense to have everyfile with a bitrate or length column. So if anyone knows this trick, it would be cool to post it.
Thanks.

[mike5532g]

Right click a folder> properties> customize> in the drop down box, select the type of files you plan to store there. I think this is what you want, your post was a little unclear.

[mickeymoose8]

There's no such thing as the customize option that you've posted on my XP.
My main question pertains to how the folder and it's subfolders are viewed.
i.e. I would like to see My Pictures and all it's subfolders in the thumbnail view and have a custom view for my music files and so on. I haven't been able to figure this out and I think the trick would be useful for organizing and for saving some time.

[Space Cowboy]

Go to Windows Explorer and select "Tools" then "Folder Options" then click the "View" Tab the scroll down and put a check in the "Remember each folder's view settings" box.

You'll have to setup each folder the way you want it to be.

Cheers
Cowboy

[suggk]

I wrestled with the same problem for ages, and finally went for a relatively low-tech solution: a vb script (below) to walk through the tree and set the view. Not elegant, but it works. My apologies to any real programmers out there.

Open explorer to the folder you want and hit * (asterik). This expands all the folders, so a simple downarrow will hit them all. Launch the script, then make sure the explorer window is open. It'll keep going until you open notepad - a simple kill-trigger. Change the number of downarrows to shift views. Enjoy!

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set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Sleep 3000
While WshShell.AppActivate("Notepad") = FALSE
wshShell.SendKeys( "%v")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{DOWN}")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{DOWN}")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{DOWN}")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{DOWN}")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 300
WshShell.SendKeys( "{DOWN}")
WScript.Sleep 1500
Wend
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