btw, i just found your site, and i’m totally diggin’ it ! thanks again!

Aw, and I couldn’t agree more about the second thing that drives me nuts the most is people moaning about Vista’s “flaws” without never using before in their boring lives! I’m a computer salesperson and I see this on a daily basis: bunch of sheep – just because their “computer expert” friend (in truth someone who spends all day possibly on MSN or porn on their computers) advised them agains it!

Monkey see, monkey do.

Can’t I just reset ONE folder view?

I don’t want to reset ALL the folder views with all these registry fixes and tools, I just want to change one folder back to an “all files” view.

Is there a way to do that?

…Thanks in advance

P.S. copy everything below the line, its a reg file, read it all first to get a understand of whats going on and follow step 1 for sure. need help making a reg file and knowing what and how then this is beyond the scope of your windows knowledge and you should consult a professional.

—————————————————————–
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; This is a Vista ONLY Folder Repair tool, This tool will force Vista to remember your folder settings by
; Modifying registry entries. Descriptions below explain what each step is doing.
; Steps:
; 1. Open up explorer and go to Tools->Folder Options->View and uncheck Remember each folder’s View settings
; 2. Double Click this registry File
; 3. Restart Computer before doing anything else
; 4. Once restarted, bring up explorer again and put the Check back that was removed in step 1.
; 5. All folders on the computer should now be in the “All Items” format. Since Auto Discovery is now off
; you will need to go to your shell folders (Pictures, Videos, Contacts, Music, etc.) and set them to the
; template you want, apply to subfolders, etc.

; Clear out Folder Settings left over from XP:
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

; Clear out Folder Settings for Vista
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

; Modify the Folder Storage space to 20000, this will allow the saving of settings for up to 20000 different folders.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
“BagMRU Size”=dword:00004e20

; Turn off Vista’s Auto Template Discovery. This keeps vista from deciding on it’s own what type
; of Folder you have (ie, picture, videos, docs, etc) This will keep vista from changing what you
; have already set for a folder as well. Notice this value is in the Bags Key that was deleted
; in the settings above. Remember this is there, because if you decide to manually go delete
; your Bags Key, you will lose this value and auto-discovery will turn back on again.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
“FolderType”=”NotSpecified”

Any reason why I dont have that “Customize This Folder” option for the root of the hard drive as well as folders that exist from the Windows installation?

I am hesitant to install any reg imports that I dont know what they are fully doing and the articles I find doing a search have a lot of inconsistancy’s in them.

Thanks for any insight!

Is there a way I can “Turn Off Auto-Detection” without using 3rd party app like Explorer View ??