 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Windows Forum / Windows 98 / General Topics / September 2006Windows Explorer settings problem
When I select Folder Options / General / "Custom, based on the settings you use", and then hit Apply, the selection is accepted, but once you leave the box, either by closing it or selecting "Settings", it reverts back to the Classic Style entry just above it. What I'm trying to do is have the right hand pane of Explorer show the files and folders in Details mode rather than the Large Icon mode it seems to be stuck in, and IIRC, selecting Custom.../ Settings" and then selecting "Use Windows Classic Desktop" was the way to do this. At least up to now. (note: selecting Details from the drop down View menu works for the current session, but the setting won't hold) What gives? Repeat your procedure but this time close the Explorer window with the little x in the upper right corner while holding down the Ctrl key. This will save the settings. But I find that sometimes even the above doesn't work for long, so I use Find Files for the C:\ drive and look for 'folder.htt'. I then highlight them all except for the copy in Windows\Web folder and delete them. THAT usually knocks the stuffing out of Web view for a good long time. > When I select Folder Options / General / "Custom, based on the settings you > use", and then hit Apply, the selection is accepted, but once you leave the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What gives? Well I just knocked the stuffing out of Web view for a good long time and I'm flashing the V sign, but this is Windows so I'm also prepared to retract it, or change it to one finger, at a moment's notice. I've written down the time of this nefarious deed just in case there are untoward consequences and a system revert becomes desirable. For the record, here's what deleting all but one of the folder.htt's did and didn't do: DIDN'T allow the "Custom, based on the settings you use" box to remain checked under Folder Options/General. DID alllow you to change the dropdown menu View selection from Large Icons to Details and have that change hold, including after a reboot. Actually I run a vintage WIN98-era edition of PowerDesk, which is not without a few minor quirks but basically has never given me any trouble at all. But there are a few times when you need Explorer, so this is a nice problem to get out of the way (until it makes a comeback, of course). Thanks very much. > Repeat your procedure but this time close the Explorer window with the > little x in the upper right corner while holding down the Ctrl key. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> What gives? > When I select Folder Options / General / "Custom, based on the > settings you use", and then hit Apply, the selection is accepted, > but once you leave the box, either by closing it or selecting > "Settings", it reverts back to the Classic Style entry just above > it. > What I'm trying to do is have the right hand pane of Explorer > show the files and folders in Details mode rather than the Large [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the drop down View menu works for the current session, but the > setting won't hold) After setting "View" to "Details" in Explorer go to "Folder Options" but the "View" tab rather than "General" (do so while Explorer is open). Now punch the "Like Current Folder" button.  SignaturedadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico >> When I select Folder Options / General / "Custom, based on the >> settings you use", and then hit Apply, the selection is accepted, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > but the "View" tab rather than "General" (do so while Explorer is > open). Now punch the "Like Current Folder" button. At the moment, thanks to Lee's suggestions, Explorer is functioning as it should, so there is no problem to correct and thus no way to test it. But, perhaps against all logic, I went ahead and did it anyway, since you rarely to never provide errant advice. As far as I can tell this produced no change, which is good, since things are OK to begin with. FWIW there is still no way to hold a checkmark for "Custom, based on the settings you use" but, hey, who cares. > FWIW there is still no way to hold a checkmark > for "Custom, based on the settings you use" but, hey, who cares. Did you actually make/change some settings for "Custom"? Just checking "Custom" doesn't do squat. SignaturedadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:04:58 -0400, "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> >When I select Folder Options / General / "Custom, based on the settings you >use", and then hit Apply, the selection is accepted, but once you leave the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >this. At least up to now. (note: selecting Details from the drop down View >menu works for the current session, but the setting won't hold) The usual approach is to: - get everything the way you like it - select the View you want to use (important!) - toggle some setting so that Apply is un-grey'd - Apply, then Apply to all folders, OK But you can expect dangerous slippage in Win98, which will often fall back to "View As Web Page" and big dummy icons. Other slippage that may apply to a wider range of Windows versions: - Safe Mode always duhfaults to dangerous settings (hide .ext etc.) - after a Safe Mode session, "Show full path in title bar" is lost - create a new user account, expect unsafe MS defaults again >------------ ----- --- -- - - - - Drugs are usually safe. Inject? (Y/n) >------------ ----- --- -- - - - - > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:04:58 -0400, "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > - after a Safe Mode session, "Show full path in title bar" is lost > - create a new user account, expect unsafe MS defaults again I think Microsoft should have done with PowerDesk what the behomeths usually do when their applications are bested by upstarts - bought them out and stuck their name on it. [] >>> Settings" and then selecting "Use Windows Classic Desktop" was the >>> way to do this. At least up to now. (note: selecting Details from >>> the drop down View menu works for the current session, but the >>> setting won't hold) [] >> But you can expect dangerous slippage in Win98, which will often fall >> back to "View As Web Page" and big dummy icons. [] > I think Microsoft should have done with PowerDesk what the behomeths > usually > do when their applications are bested by upstarts - bought them out and > stuck their name on it. [] Or, in the case of some app.s, buy it up and then just suppress it altogether. (FWIW, I use the '95 shell - i. e. "SLEEK" via 98lite; the only thing I actually miss from the '98 shell is the multiple-file-copy progress bar. But I once mentioned sleek here before, and it seemed to trigger outrage, though the reasons therefor were not clear at the time. Certainly, I rarely - though not never - seem to get irritating settings changes, and I certainly don't get the view-as-web [since it's not available].) |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.