at the end of the Name column.
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders,
etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InAO said:Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details" and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all
SUBFOLDERS of a folder and not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc,
photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so
impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per
scripting ?
TIA
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders,
etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InAO said:Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way
to widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of
one by one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose
details" and selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only
change the one I have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be
narrow again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double
click the header divider to resize it to the width of the longest
entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of
the column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove
headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to
get Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the
order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all SUBFOLDERS of a folder and not
ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc, photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per scripting ?
TIA
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders, etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InAO said:Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details" and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be narrow
again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the
header divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of the
column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.
Keith Miller MVP said:I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can
set to all of a folder's subfolders. Right-click the link below & save
to your computer. The zip file contains a readme file & the script
itself.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip
You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set
to be inherited by all subfolders (you have the option of saving or
wiping out current saved views) . You can set a default for My Pics,
another for My Music, and then a more generic default for My Computer.
The inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for
example, you can set a non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for
My Computer, then return My Computer to its standard 'group by type'
layout after running the script without affecting the default view you
have set.
While I know of no way to tell Explorer to auto-adjust the column width
to the longest name in the folder, my script will allow you to set it to
any width you choose. So you could set it to a width that allows 90% or
so of the names to be seen, and deal with the rest manually.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all
SUBFOLDERS of a folder and not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc,
photos other columns. For now I have to set it for each folder, and they
are many, many so impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per
scripting ?
TIA
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your
computer. This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders,
etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way
to widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of
one by one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose
details" and selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only
change the one I have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed
to view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be
narrow again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double
click the header divider to resize it to the width of the longest
entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry
in each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of
the column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size
that you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove
headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to
get Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the
order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column
named "Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help
would be appreciated.
Keith Miller MVP said:I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can
set to all of a folder's
subfolders. Right-click the link below & save to your computer. The zip
file contains a readme
file & the script itself.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip
You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set
to be inherited by all
subfolders (you have the option of saving or wiping out current saved
views) . You can set a
default for My Pics, another for My Music, and then a more generic default
for My Computer. The
inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for
example, you can set a
non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for My Computer, then
return My Computer to its
standard 'group by type' layout after running the script without affecting
the default view you have
set.
While I know of no way to tell Explorer to auto-adjust the column width to
the longest name in the folder, my script will allow you to set it to any
width you choose. So you could set it to a width that allows 90% or so of
the names to be seen, and deal with the rest manually.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all
SUBFOLDERS of a folder and not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc,
photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so
impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per
scripting ?
TIA
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your
computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders,
etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way
to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one
by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details"
and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one
I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed
to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be
narrow
again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the
header divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry
in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of
the
column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size
that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove
headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to
get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the
order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column
named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.
MoiMeme said:Super !
So many thanks !
Phil
Keith Miller MVP said:I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can set to all of a
folder's
subfolders. Right-click the link below & save to your computer. The zip file contains a readme
file & the script itself.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip
You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set to be inherited by all
subfolders (you have the option of saving or wiping out current saved views) . You can set a
default for My Pics, another for My Music, and then a more generic default for My Computer. The
inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for example, you can set a
non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for My Computer, then return My Computer to its
standard 'group by type' layout after running the script without affecting the default view you
have
set.
While I know of no way to tell Explorer to auto-adjust the column width to the longest name in
the folder, my script will allow you to set it to any width you choose. So you could set it to a
width that allows 90% or so of the names to be seen, and deal with the rest manually.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all SUBFOLDERS of a folder and
not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc, photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per scripting ?
TIA
"Wesley Vogel" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...
Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders, etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details" and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be narrow
again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the
header divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of the
column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.
Keith Miller MVP said:I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can
set to all of a folder's
subfolders. Right-click the link below & save to your computer. The zip
file contains a readme
file & the script itself.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip
You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set
to be inherited by all
subfolders (you have the option of saving or wiping out current saved
views) . You can set a
default for My Pics, another for My Music, and then a more generic default
for My Computer. The
inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for
example, you can set a
non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for My Computer, then
return My Computer to its
standard 'group by type' layout after running the script without affecting
the default view you have
set.
While I know of no way to tell Explorer to auto-adjust the column width to
the longest name in the folder, my script will allow you to set it to any
width you choose. So you could set it to a width that allows 90% or so of
the names to be seen, and deal with the rest manually.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all
SUBFOLDERS of a folder and not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc,
photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so
impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per
scripting ?
TIA
Wesley Vogel said:Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your
computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders,
etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way
to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one
by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details"
and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one
I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed
to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be
narrow
again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the
header divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry
in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of
the
column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size
that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove
headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to
get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the
order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column
named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.
Donald A. Herman said:That script is very cool! Nice Job
--
Donald A. Herman
Software - Scheduler Pro, Disk Cataloger, Math Wizard
http://don_herman.tripod.com
Office Extras, Addins
http://don_herman.tripod.com/msoextras
.
.
Keith Miller MVP said:I've written a script that will apply all the view customizations you can set to all of a
folder's
subfolders. Right-click the link below & save to your computer. The zip file contains a readme
file & the script itself.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip
You can select a folder & configure its view settings, then those are set to be inherited by all
subfolders (you have the option of saving or wiping out current saved views) . You can set a
default for My Pics, another for My Music, and then a more generic default for My Computer. The
inheritance settings are separate from the folder view itself -- for example, you can set a
non-grouped view to be the default inheritance for My Computer, then return My Computer to its
standard 'group by type' layout after running the script without affecting the default view you
have
set.
While I know of no way to tell Explorer to auto-adjust the column width to the longest name in
the folder, my script will allow you to set it to any width you choose. So you could set it to a
width that allows 90% or so of the names to be seen, and deal with the rest manually.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
MoiMeme said:But is there a way to apply these settings for example to only all SUBFOLDERS of a folder and
not ALL folders ?
For example, I want all music folders to display artist name, album etc, photos other columns.
For now I have to set it for each folder, and they are many, many so impossible to achieve
Is there a way to apply these settings to sublfoders only ? Be it per scripting ?
TIA
"Wesley Vogel" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...
Tools | Folder Options | View tab | Apply to All Folders button
Apply to All Folders
[[Click to apply the current folder view to all folders on your computer.
This does not apply to toolbar settings.]]
Note: To have the Apply to All Folders button active, you have to access
Folder Options from a folder. Not from Start | Run | control folders, etc.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks, I really like the Ctrl + short cut, but I am looking for a way to
widen ALL "name" columns for ALL my folders at one time instead of one by
one. (I have many folders.) I thought going in to "choose details" and
selecting the pixels would do this, but it seems to only change the one I
have open at the time. Any suggestions?
:
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed to
view the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be narrow
again. If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the
header divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry in
each column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
1. On the View menu, click Choose Details and then click the name of the
column that you want to adjust.
2. In the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, enter the size that
you want and then click OK.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In AO <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Using XP SP2 and unable to find any info on how to customize column
width on folder contents. For example, want to widen the column named
"Name" to automatically display full file names. Any help would be
appreciated.