Change the tabs, for good

BlueMak · Nov 3, 2008, 03:11 PM

How can I change the tabs showing in a windows explorer window (name, date taken, etc) and make the stay that way.

**temeteus82** · Nov 3, 2008, 03:18 PM

I think you just drag then to the new place and that should be it. That should do it. Well at least it works in here ...

BlueMak · Nov 3, 2008, 03:26 PM

I would have to do this with all the folders, one by one. Anything faster? I want to add date modified, remove date taken, for all th folders across my hard disks.

**temeteus82** · Nov 3, 2008, 03:31 PM

Yeah one by one unless you goto folder options, when you got the first folder done, and there select use in all folders from the view tab.

OldBuzzard · Nov 3, 2008, 06:11 PM

In COMPUTER, click on VIEW, then click on CHOOSE DETAILS.

That will give you a popup what will allow you to choose what you want to display it, and it what order.

kn00tcn · Nov 6, 2008, 05:25 AM

you're in luck, as i've hacked up a way for my vista to have any & every folder have the same details view, no more folder type detection (photos/music/etc), AND any new mycomputer windows are a larger size than stock default, to top it off i made the settings stick for good!

interested? i have to write an article someday on this, but basically it's reset all folders, set current folder, apply to all, copy values from registry into a new one that treats all folders as a default type, & deny writing permissions

Judicael · Dec 6, 2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

How can I change the tabs showing in a windows explorer window (name, date taken, etc) and make the stay that way.

Um it's really quite simple ... and the exact same way you do it in Windows XP:

Set folders to whatever you want, for example I like all of my files sorted be date created... when you like how it looks click this one button located here:

Tools >> Click View Tab >> Click Apply to Folders

You're done

BlueMak · Dec 6, 2008, 11:01 AM

I have noticed, just as in XP, it doesn't work for all folders, or always. Oh well, I am used to it now. Thanks.

mkk · Dec 6, 2008, 08:57 PM

In Vista they've divided it into types of folders, so you'll have to go through a couple of folders with different contents in order to change the most common views.

That is until Vista eventually decides to forget your settings for some folders, or randomly select a different folder profile. Even with various tweaks this happens sooner or later and is so commonly occurring that it ought to be a long standing bug with the Explorer.

Valdeam · Dec 7, 2008, 03:15 AM

I'm interested in that little tidbit of info! Write an article dude!

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Change the tabs, for good I would have to do this with all the folders, one by one. Anything faster? I want to add date modified, remove date taken, for all th folders across my hard disks. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

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OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	Re: Change the tabs, for good In COMPUTER, click on VIEW, then click on CHOOSE DETAILS. That will give you a popup what will allow you to choose what you want to display it, and it what order. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

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kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Change the tabs, for good you're in luck, as i've hacked up a way for my vista to have any & every folder have the same details view, no more folder type detection (photos/music/etc), AND any new mycomputer windows are a larger size than stock default, to top it off i made the settings stick for good! interested? i have to write an article someday on this, but basically it's reset all folders, set current folder, apply to all, copy values from registry into a new one that treats all folders as a default type, & deny writing permissions __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar

Dec 6, 2008, 11:01 AM	Thread Starter #8
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Change the tabs, for good I have noticed, just as in XP, it doesn't work for all folders, or always. Oh well, I am used to it now. Thanks. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 6, 2008, 08:57 PM	#9
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Change the tabs, for good In Vista they've divided it into types of folders, so you'll have to go through a couple of folders with different contents in order to change the most common views. That is until Vista eventually decides to forget your settings for some folders, or randomly select a different folder profile. Even with various tweaks this happens sooner or later and is so commonly occurring that it ought to be a long standing bug with the Explorer.

Dec 7, 2008, 03:15 AM	#10
Valdeam DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Re: Change the tabs, for good I'm interested in that little tidbit of info! Write an article dude! __________________ "If you always do what you've always done, how can you ever be any better than you've always been?"