Windows default file view details

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This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Change File Explorer View. Windows 10 Folder Options. Quick Access Method. How to Windows 10 File Explorer. How to Customize Safety Assistance on Android? 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. To set the default view for all folders and files to details, follow the four steps described on the Microsoft Support site:.

Note: To reset all the folders to the default view settings, repeat these steps, but click Reset All Folders in step 3. In Vista and Windows 7, you have to follow these steps for five different folder templates to have all Explorer folders show the details view: General Items, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos.

Even then, a system change may reset your folder views to the Windows default, which uses different views based on the folder's contents. So where does that leave us poor souls who simply want to see all our files and folders in the same view--details, lists, thumbnails, or icons--in every Explorer folder? Details required :. Cancel Submit. Leonardo Penha Mesquita Independent Advisor.

Hi, jagman Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you, and I am here to work with you on this issue. Here's what you should do: 1 Open any folder and set its view to "Details" which is the one you want, right?

Please let me know if that works for you, ok? How satisfied are you with this reply?