Windows Explorer Default File View


  1. Posts : 8
    Win 10 Pro X64
       #1

    Windows Explorer Default File View


    Hi,
    I'd like to ask: Is there a way, when using Win Explorer, to set the default file view for EVERY folder on EVERY drive, to "Details" (as opposed to "large icons", etc etc), and to choose the file attributes displayed (eg Name, file type, size and Date modified), and to keep it all set that way permanently?

    Seems like whenever I disconnect and then reconnect an external HDD, Windows forgets all these settings and chooses different display settings for folders depending on what's in them. In a folder full of mp3 files, it displays completely useless attributes such as "Album" and "Contributing artists" or something, along with the empty attribute "#" (whatever that's supposed to even mean...) Folders containing mp4's will display as icons, etc etc. I just want every folder set to "details" with the four attributes I mentioned above, and I want it to stay that way.

    If this absolutely cannot be done in Explorer, can anyone recommend an alternative app which will behave the way I want it to?

    Many thanks for any suggestions.
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  2. Posts : 723
    Windows 10/11
       #2

    This tool will do what you're asking for:

    WinSetView
    Last edited by LesFerch; 08 Feb 2022 at 22:44.
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  3. Posts : 8
    Win 10 Pro X64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you LesFerch, that looks like it would do the trick perfectly....except I have no experience in..... (I'm not even sure what the name of the thing is that I have no experience in! Is it 'compiling code'?) So I have no idea how to work with the contents of the link.
    I'm prepared to have a go at learning though, if it's not too complex, but I wouldn't know how to start. Would there be a beginners tutorial on here, or some links to resources? Otherwise I'll have to pass on that one, until the creator makes a setup file available. But thanks for your response.
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  4. Posts : 723
    Windows 10/11
       #4

    No compiling necessary. It's a script, so the "code" is the program. Just download, unzip, and double-click the HTA file.
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  5. Posts : 8
    Win 10 Pro X64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ah, I see. (I don't think I've used a .hta file before, so I wouldn't have known to double-click it). Cheers!
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  6. Posts : 723
    Windows 10/11
       #6

    Great! Please let me know how it goes. Your post, and others like it, are the reason WinSetView exists. I hope it works well for you.
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  7. Posts : 8
    Win 10 Pro X64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    It has done the trick, many thanks.
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