Can I change the default view scheme of Explorer?

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I sometimes need to view a folder in 'Details' mode. but each and
every time I do it for a new folder which contains video files,
Explorer shows 'Name, Date Taken, Tags, Size, Rating', while what I
actually need is 'Name, Type, Size, Date modified'. I don't have a
video camera, and I don't make videos, so I won't ever need 'Date
Taken'. Plus I don't use Tags or Rating.

Of course I can manually change columns but it is tedious to do this
each time for new folders. The default view schemes are editable or
are they hard-coded so cannot be changed?

This is not the only reason I need to change the view schemes. For
example, the common Open File Dialog always shows video folders with
'Medium icons' but I need to view them in 'Large icons'. Currently I
manually change view settings for each folder...
 
Cat said:
I sometimes need to view a folder in 'Details' mode. but each and
every time I do it for a new folder which contains video files,
Explorer shows 'Name, Date Taken, Tags, Size, Rating', while what I
actually need is 'Name, Type, Size, Date modified'. I don't have a
video camera, and I don't make videos, so I won't ever need 'Date
Taken'. Plus I don't use Tags or Rating.

Of course I can manually change columns but it is tedious to do this
each time for new folders. The default view schemes are editable or
are they hard-coded so cannot be changed?

This is not the only reason I need to change the view schemes. For
example, the common Open File Dialog always shows video folders with
'Medium icons' but I need to view them in 'Large icons'. Currently I
manually change view settings for each folder...
Click to expand...
Right click in the column header and choose who and what you want in you
columns from the drop menu.
 
Right click on the folder, select properties, then customize, then from the
pull-down menu select either all files or documents and check "also apply to
subfolders" if you want that.
 
Right click on the folder, select properties, then customize, then from the
pull-down menu select either all files or documents and check "also apply to
subfolders" if you want that.
Click to expand...

Thank you for your answer. But that only means I can apply the 'same'
scheme
to all the sub folders. As you know, Windows chooses different schemes
for
folders with defferent file types. If I do so, this is no longer
applied.

So, basically, there's no way to change the default view schemes that
Windows Explorer chooses for different types of folders?
 
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