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I have an empty folder with regular details view. File name, file size, file type columns are shown and I am happy.
Then I put some MP3 or WAV files in. Windows Explorer "kindly" changes the column types. It will show Genre, media length, Album and other metadata tags, but does not show the file size anymore. If I do not like it, I have to manually change the columns back. It is very irritating.
How can I turn this automatic behavior off?
1for me using windows 10 x64 the registry alone didn't help; I had to also reset folders – Costin Gușă – 2015-06-19T11:05:24.453
@CostinGușă How? – dumbledad – 2016-08-30T13:12:25.063
Anyone tested on Win 8.1? – Danijel – 2016-09-14T12:20:11.133
Regarding point 1 above: on Win8.1 there is no "Remember each folder’s view settings". – Danijel – 2016-09-14T12:29:48.580
Regarding point 2 above: on Win8.1 the 'Bags\AllFolders\Shell' alfready existed. – Danijel – 2016-09-14T12:31:46.537
So far it seems to work on Win8.1, thanks. – Danijel – 2016-09-14T12:32:05.540
In a nutshell: apply the Registry setting
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"
as soon as you have installed Windows. – Gras Double – 2016-12-01T11:45:45.870It seems like step 2 is the actual fix. Care to explain what step 1 and 3 are for? – Zero3 – 2017-11-13T17:38:06.020
@Zero3 Per the comments in the code: 1) Reset and delete all saved folder customizations and settings; 2) Turn off Vista auto folder type template discovery; 3) Modify the storage space to 10000 for saving of up to 10000 folder settings. – That Brazilian Guy – 2017-11-13T18:35:40.267
1I read the comments already. Could you please explain the purpose of steps 1 and 3? In other words: Why should one do these steps in addition to step 2? – Zero3 – 2017-11-14T08:29:10.700
@Zero3 I'm not sure about current versions of Windows, but for XP and 7, whenever you customized any folder, it would store the customization of each folder separately. If you set the default folder view as a certain mode, it wouldn't reset the already set folders. That's the purpose of step 1. The purpose of step 2 is to define the default mode. The purpose of step 3 is to allow a huge number of folders to be customized. – That Brazilian Guy – 2017-11-15T01:35:09.593
1Aha, so step 1 is necessary for step 2 to also affect folders whose layout has already been modified manually. I still don't think you explained the reason for doing step 3 though. Why is it relevant for this fix? The changes performed in step 1 and 2 should reduce the number of customized folders, not increase it, right? – Zero3 – 2017-11-15T18:36:15.930
4Copy and paste way worked perfectly for me on Windows 10. Thanks so much!! – Erik van der Neut – 2018-07-03T06:31:09.587
Copy/paste didn't work for me on Windows 10 however the "Long Way" did. When I try run the script it states "Cannot import C:\path\to\resetfolders.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor." – alexhayes – 2019-07-14T10:49:14.010
1Can we still enable music mode for the one folder it actually makes sense in? – endolith – 2014-03-18T03:13:55.053
15I wish I could upvote this every time it has made windows less obnoxious for me. – Doug Kavendek – 2014-03-29T19:07:31.547
This reg doesn't work, when I execute it I get the following error: "Cannot import C:...resetfolders.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor." See screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/1KUPDEN.png
– admin – 2014-05-15T19:06:03.423