Comments on: Force Open/Save Dialogs to Use Details Mode in Windows XP

By: ss

ss — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:44:00 +0000

Nidrog’s suggestion does NOT work!

By: So Happy Now

So Happy Now — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:29:33 +0000

Nidrog’s suggestion works!!! You can adjust the size of the box, the view, and EVEN THE ORDER LISTED IN!!! (such as most recently modified first). This is AMAZING!! Windows isn’t necessarily annoying – MICROSOFT IS for not making it usable.
Thank you!!!

By: J

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:27:19 +0000

ooh, the ctrl suggestions seems to work1!!!!!!!
OMG! Thanks!

By: duchamp

duchamp — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:28:26 +0000

OpenWide not always work, especially non-english os.
So I am using DirectFolders now.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:17:56 +0000

I do like your OpenWide. But I don’t like to have the software running all the time when my PC is on. It takes about 4K RAM vs. its being only 26K of the .exe file. Is there any way to change the MS commom dialog .dll or some other file(s) to get this solved? I used a small software to do this but can not find it any more whether in my PC or on the line.

By: Luke Hudson

Luke Hudson — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:58:14 +0000

Hi there — I’m the author of OpenWIde, it’s been rather neglected over the years, but it is now released as open source under the GPL2 licence. For all those who are interested in developing it further, see http://repo.or.cz/w/openwide.git
Cheers — Luke

By: Mario S

Mario S — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:15:57 +0000

In files that just open and do not save, the trick does not work (It could be that I am using XP pro). Open wide does allow you to open in details mode, but always opens sorting by size. I cannot seem to find a way to always list them by date or name. If someone knows how to do this, that would be great. Open wide does help. The folder options trick only works when exploring through explorer but not when opening files with other programs.

By: Bill A

Bill A — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:07:39 +0000

Thanks…………..
I had been wrestling with this for way too long.
Awesome Pgm

By: mrr

mrr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:27:52 +0000

If I am correctly understanding the issue this tool addresses…which I battled with for some time too…there is a way to do this in simple windows (at least XP Pro SP2 with current updates). If you want to set set the same look for all files on your C: drive say…Open windows exploder top level C drive folder. Make it look exactly as you wish…(e.g I like list view w/ details of my choice) once done…
Tools->Folder Options->View->”Apply to All Folders” button and every folder from C: on down will now assume this profile forever and ever.

-Mark

By: hugo

hugo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:27:44 +0000

This trick doesn’t work in my WinXP pro. Are there any other choice for this purpose?