Slightly harder Vista Question

[wiiksie]

I've got a question. Now I know what you're thinking, 'how could weeksie have a question when he is the biggest nerd of all'. Well I do, and here it is:

 

How in sweet jesus do I set the folder view for every folder possible, including media folders, my documents, and other assorted shite than Vista wants to handle seperately? I know about Folder Options/Apply to All Folders, and the Remember Each Folder's View Settings setting, but I'll be fucked if I can get it to work for every single folder. I keep getting Rating/Album/Artist and other stupid column headings on the most random folders, and I want rid.

 

Fellow nerds, I place my trust in you...

[Nick Leeson]

I think...

 

if you switch to details view and right click on the headings bar there's a "more..." option

 

hit it and uncheck the details you dont want to see.

[Nick Leeson]

it's not just avisa thing it's a windows thing. I know it's in XP and Vista ferrrrr shurrrr, though.

[wiiksie]

I think...

 

if you switch to details view and right click on the headings bar there's a "more..." option

 

hit it and uncheck the details you dont want to see.

Doesn't work, as those settings are on a per-folder basis. Even if I turn off 'remember each folders settings' then choose the exact columns I want and click the 'Apply to All Folders' button, if I go to any folder that has media in it (mp3/jpg etc) it thinks I want to see fucking artist, tag, rating, all sorts of shite.

[Nick Leeson]

OK I see what you mean now. It's 'apparently' due to windows applying templates to folders.

 

You can reset them but it needs reg fuckering.

here's the instructions...

 

Firt this one...

Delete and Reset Windows Vista Folder Views or Folder Types Settings to Default Clean State » My Digital Life

 

then this one

Disable Automatic Folder Type Discovery for Templates in Vista » My Digital Life

[wiiksie]

Thanks mate, the second link is the one I was interested in. As far as I can tell, that has worked a treat.

[RedinSweden]

Smash it to bits with a hammer. Piss on it and then sell all your stuff and move to Thailand.

 

Hope this helps.

[bazbailey]

Jesus - been getting annoyed by this as well. Cheers for that

[wiiksie]

If I find one more fucked up limitation with Vista then I'm doing exactly that Jim.*

 

 

 

 

*I might just install XP rather than the moving to Thailand bit...

[RedinSweden]

If I find one more fucked up limitation with Vista then I'm doing exactly that Jim.*

 

 

 

 

*I might just install XP rather than the moving to Thailand bit...

 

I only use Vista on Mrs RiS laptop, but it has annoyed the fuck out of me.

[dirty_sanchez]

Count yourself lucky you aren't using the 64 bit version of Vista. It's King Of The Wild Cunteer.

[Nick Leeson]

Where's my love, bitches. Those scales ain't for nuthin

[dirty_sanchez]

Where's my love, bitches. Those scales ain't for nuthin

 

You're a two bit whore Leeson. Have some dignity.

[Nick Leeson]

You're a two bit whore Leeson. Have some dignity.

Fuck that, kids need new shoes.

[wiiksie]

I thank you, most sincerely, for finding a solution to a growing annoyance I have with Vista.

 

It's not grown enough yet for me to be arsed fixing it, but now I've posted in here there's a chance the thread will pop up in usercp just as I'm ready to go the Thailand hammer route.

 

Wiiksie and Leeson repped.

 

(If it lets me).

 

How about "Tell Windows Fucking Update I still don't want to install SP1 yet and you don't need to keep asking me every six hours"?

Jim knows. That Date Modified column problem has driven me almost to insanity, why isn't it in every folder view?? I don't care what Genre my database files are, just tell me when they were fucking updated! And then you have to scroll through the list of all the available columns starting with 'Date'...

 

Anyway, Leeson found the reg hack that has worked wonders for me so far, check it out Jim.

[Captain]

Count yourself lucky you aren't using the 64 bit version of Vista. It's King Of The Wild Cunteer.

 

I use 64-bit Vista. For some reason the slide show function crashes windows explorer and fucks up the screen resolution while it tries. When it's finished, my open windows have shrunk to xga size if they were bigger. Other than that, it has worked pretty well. On my previous pc, which wasn't Vista certified, I had more problems.

 

These days I'm actually considering doing a full scale test of Ubuntu when 8.10 releases, although that will cost me in loss of functionality. I fucking hate dual boot so I'm gonna have to do some virtualization.

 

I mean, even my RHEL 5.2 work machine can do slide shows without further ado!

[dirty_sanchez]

I use 64-bit Vista. For some reason the slide show function crashes windows explorer and fucks up the screen resolution while it tries. When it's finished, my open windows have shrunk to xga size if they were bigger. Other than that, it has worked pretty well. On my previous pc, which wasn't Vista certified, I had more problems.

 

These days I'm actually considering doing a full scale test of Ubuntu when 8.10 releases, although that will cost me in loss of functionality. I fucking hate dual boot so I'm gonna have to do some virtualization.

 

I mean, even my RHEL 5.2 work machine can do slide shows without further ado!

 

Apparently (and I can't be arsed to check this) Microsoft Office 2007 doesn't work on 64-bit Vista.

[RJ Fan club]

I find a pop tart in the dvd drive works a treat. No help to you weeksie_31, mind.

[Captain]

Apparently (and I can't be arsed to check this) Microsoft Office 2007 doesn't work on 64-bit Vista.

 

I have Office 2007 on mine and it runs like a beauty. That said, I'm no advanced Office user, so there could be some tricky shit that doesn't behave like it should.

[dirty_sanchez]

I have Office 2007 on mine and it runs like a beauty. That said, I'm no advanced Office user, so there could be some tricky shit that doesn't behave like it should.

 

Ah, my boss is talking out of his arse for a change then.

[Paul]

Fucking hell. What hope is there for the Techie Divs when the Techie Nerds are flummoxed?

[Paul]

Oh and, as no-one else has said it yet - buy a Mac.

[Big Ig]

I've got a question. Now I know what you're thinking, 'how could weeksie have a question when he is the biggest nerd of all'. Well I do, and here it is:

 

How in sweet jesus do I set the folder view for every folder possible, including media folders, my documents, and other assorted shite than Vista wants to handle seperately? I know about Folder Options/Apply to All Folders, and the Remember Each Folder's View Settings setting, but I'll be fucked if I can get it to work for every single folder. I keep getting Rating/Album/Artist and other stupid column headings on the most random folders, and I want rid.

 

Fellow nerds, I place my trust in you...

 

Fucking right, drives me round the absolute bend this - I want everything set to details but does it fuck do it. I work 16 hours a day on this bastard Vista laptop (which I'm sticking with because its search function surprisingly rules hard) but having to click on view-details each time I'm trying to find something on my desktop or infrequently viewed folders is a pain in the rectal passage.

 

Right, now to read the rest of the thread and see if someone has solved it. I had a fairly good google sesh a few months back but no joy...

[wiiksie]

Fucking right, drives me round the absolute bend this - I want everything set to details but does it fuck do it. I work 16 hours a day on this bastard Vista laptop (which I'm sticking with because its search function surprisingly rules hard) but having to click on view-details each time I'm trying to find something on my desktop or infrequently viewed folders is a pain in the rectal passage.

 

Right, now to read the rest of the thread and see if someone has solved it. I had a fairly good google sesh a few months back but no joy...

Ig did you get this sorted mate? The reg hack mentioned above worked like a charm, I haven't seen a 'Rating' column heading for days!

 

ps certainly is the Mush in my avatar, he retired this summer through injury.

[Big Ig]

Indeed I did, cheers to Leeson and yourself. Aceness.