Making All Folders Use the Same View In Microsoft Windows XP

If you want all your folders to use the same view, Details or Tiles, for example, set up one folder the way you want it. Then do the following:

1. Choose Tools, Folder Options.

2. Click the View tab.

3. Click Apply To All Folders.

After you have made all your folders look more or less the same, you can still apply distinct views to individual folders. For example, you might want to have 90 percent of your folders use Details view but still display your picture folders in Thumbnails or Filmstrip view. No problem: Use the Apply To All Folders command to make all the folders use Details view. Then go to your pictures folders and override the default by applying Thumbnails or Filmstrip view.

To return all of your folders to their default views, go back to the Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab, and then click Reset All Folders.