Create your own template then have it there to pick from in "customize this folder" in explorer?

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markm75c@gmail.com - 14 Nov 2007 16:39 GMT

Does anyone know if this is possible.. they have the defaults.. like
All Items.. Music etc.. is there a way to make your own and have it
appear in the customize folder options in Vista?

Or.. is there a way to make Vista not turn a folder into a pictures
folder, if there happens to be a jpg in the folder by default.. yeah i
know you can do the customize folder.. but by default.. it would be
nice to turn these off and on, if not have custom templates that would
actually stick.

Cheers

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brink - 15 Nov 2007 04:22 GMT

markm75c;513681 Wrote:

> Does anyone know if this is possible.. they have the defaults.. like
> All Items.. Music etc.. is there a way to make your own and have it
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>
> Cheers

Hi Mark,

The problem you are having is with the "Automatic Folder Type
Discovery" feature. Method Two in this tutorial will show you how to
turn this off and reset the folder view settings so Vista will remember
your settings. The download is the easiest option.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819-windows-explorer-folder-view-settings.html

Shawn

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cyclometric - 30 May 2008 23:07 GMT

I found this because I am actually interested in creating a custom
folder template type -- namely, I find that I want my views for Pictures
folders to be substantially different from my Videos folders. This is
because Microsoft on the one hand allows "Tags" and "Ratings" only on
pictures, and not on videos, yet lumps both together in a single folder
template type. Stooopid. :rolleyes: So I'd rather have two separate
templates.

I could do a workaround and customize one of the music folder templates
(I can't imagine why there are two of these, and only one for both pix &
vids!?!), but that's a hack I'd rather avoid.

Thanks, if you have any ideas, I'd be grateful.

PS -- thanks to your awesome folder template tutorial slash registry
fix, my #1 Vista pet peeve is gone. Now if I can slow down or inhibit
Index searches every time I open an explorer window, I'd be peachy.

:party:

--Will

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Brink - 31 May 2008 05:49 GMT

cyclometric;731597 Wrote:

> I found this because I am actually interested in creating a custom
> folder template type -- namely, I find that I want my views for Pictures
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> --Will

Hi Will,

Welcome to Vista Forums. :party:

I'm glad to hear that your #1 problem is gone now.

For your next one though, I believe you may be having the thumbnails
loadup when you are opening the explorer window instead. The Index will
usually only run slowly in the background during low or no usage idle
times when the computer is on. As a test, you can turn thumbnails off to
see if it stops afterwards. If not, then you can just turn the
thumbnails back on. This tutorial will show you how to.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73715-thumbnails-windows-explorer.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

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