Default Dialog Box Display Option

[Jim Reed]

Hello Group!

When I want to open a file using most Windows applications, there is an "Open" dialog box that appears. There is a choice of views that includes Thumbnail, List and Details.

Is there a way to have this dialog box always default to show the files in the "Details" view, when I open any application?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

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[Wesley Vogel]

[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then resizing
the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this automatically. ]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Jim Reed]

Wes,

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass this along to the friend who asked me this question.

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[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then resizing
the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this automatically. ]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Jim,

You're welcome.

Outlook Express | Tools | Options |
Send tab | News sending format | Plain text

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wes,

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass this along to the friend who asked me
this question.

--

[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then resizing
the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this automatically.
]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hello Group!

When I want to open a file using most Windows applications, there is an
"Open" dialog box that appears. There is a choice of views that includes
Thumbnail, List and Details.

Is there a way to have this dialog box always default to show the files
in the "Details" view, when I open any application?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

--

 

[Jim Reed]

What's the problem with HTML format for messages? You appear not to like
it.
Why is plain text better?

Thanks for making me smarter.

--

Jim,

You're welcome.

Outlook Express | Tools | Options |
Send tab | News sending format | Plain text

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wes,

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass this along to the friend who asked me
this question.

--

[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then resizing
the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this automatically.
]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hello Group!

When I want to open a file using most Windows applications, there is an
"Open" dialog box that appears. There is a choice of views that includes
Thumbnail, List and Details.

Is there a way to have this dialog box always default to show the files
in the "Details" view, when I open any application?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

--

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

What's the problem with HTML format for messages? You appear not to
like it.
Why is plain text better?

Thanks for making me smarter.

I'm not Wes, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway.

1. HTML messages are substantially bigger than plain text messages. That's
wasteful of bandwidth.

2. Downloading a bigger message isn't necessarily a big issue to me in the
USA, but many people in other parts of the world pay for downlaods by the
byte. So HTML costs them money.

3. HTML is just window dressing. It adds nothing to the content, but only
purports to make meesages *look* better.

4. In many cases, regardless of what it purports to do, it actually makes
messages look worse and be harder to read. I had a friend that used to send
me messages that were red text on a black bcakground. They were *very* hard
to read. I had to threaten to killfile him before I could get him to stop.

5. Many of us (me included) read all messages in plain text, no matter how
you send them, so the HTML accomplishes nothing.

6. Most important, HTML messages can carry malware, and that's why I read
all messages (E-mail as well as news) in plain text, regardless of how they
are sent.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Jim,

You're welcome.

Outlook Express | Tools | Options |
Send tab | News sending format | Plain text

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wes,

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass this along to the friend who asked
me this question.

--

[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then
resizing the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this
automatically. ]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85) Or
this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders
in the Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows
standard view settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Jim Reed <jr545 @ yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
Hello Group!

When I want to open a file using most Windows applications, there
is an "Open" dialog box that appears. There is a choice of views
that includes Thumbnail, List and Details.

Is there a way to have this dialog box always default to show the
files in the "Details" view, when I open any application?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

--

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I read all messages in plain text, newsgroups or mail, however...

http://www.bootdisk.com/html.htm

The thing that I hate the most is that I get an attachment for every HTML
message. That's how I know when text is HTML. I.e. ATT00155.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

What's the problem with HTML format for messages? You appear not to like
it.
Why is plain text better?

Thanks for making me smarter.

--

Jim,

You're welcome.

Outlook Express | Tools | Options |
Send tab | News sending format | Plain text

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wes,

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass this along to the friend who asked me
this question.

--

[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then
resizing the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this
automatically. ]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

Also dump the HTML in Outlook Express.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Jim Reed <jr545 @ yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
Hello Group!

When I want to open a file using most Windows applications, there is an
"Open" dialog box that appears. There is a choice of views that
includes Thumbnail, List and Details.

Is there a way to have this dialog box always default to show the files
in the "Details" view, when I open any application?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

--

 

[Jim Reed]

Ken & Wes,

Thank you very much for the enlightenment.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken & Wes,

Thank you very much for the enlightenment.

You're welcome, Jim. Glad to help.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Don't you just hate it when people try to tell you what to do?

Keep having fun. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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