Global Folder Views

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John Duchowski

I wanted to make all of my folders have the same look, i.e., Icons, Arranged
by Type, Auto Arrange. I picked a folder, did just that and then went to
Tools, Folder Options, verified all settings, clicked Apply and then on the
View tab, clicked Apply to all folders. Everything worked wonderfully except
Favorites which remained in its jumbled, unalphabetized state. I could swear
that when I followed these same procedures on my office Win2K laptopn (at
home I'm running WinXP Pro), that folder got properly arranged as well. Is
there any way to get this done here - I really dread alphabetizing 100+
Favorites by going to Organize Favorites. Thanks!
 
Hi John,

By default, Windows is designed to remember 400 different folder settings
(200 local folders and 200 network folders, for a total of 400 folders).
Windows will start to re-use these stored settings on a 'Most Recently Used'
basis, once the folder limit has been exceeded. You can change this to 8000
by adding this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.


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