Keith,
A PS.

When my wife accesses exactly the same folders (which are stored on the
desktop) on her networked laptop, the settings change *every* time a folder
is opened. Can anything be done about this ?

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Trevor L. wrote:
> Keith.
>
> I tried FVMII and it works great.
>
> I just hope that the views are retained next time I open these
> folders as this has been a continual problem for me and my wife using
> two different - but networked - computers.
>
> I note that I need to always open the folder (My Pictures in my case)
> the same way, i.e. as Desktop/My Documents/My Pictures. Does it
> matter how I get to this point, i.e. via a shortcut or by opening My
> Computer and navigating down to that folder?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Keith Miller wrote:
>> I've written a couple of scripts for this.
>>
>> The first will wipe out all saved views, up the limit for saved
>> views, then allow you to define a view for a folder an apply it to
>> all its subfolders. The link is:
>>
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM.zip
>>
>> The second script preserves existing saved views and only modifies
>> the folder(s) and subfolders you select. That link is:
>>
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM2.zip
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>> "Tartrazine" <Tartrazine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2906A00F-6217-48CF-AF23-8238FD4A3F87@microsoft.com...
>>> I have a folder called Music, under this are several levels of
>>> categorisation of my music files. When I display any of these sub
>>> folders in explorer I want the same set of columns, showing Bit
>>> Rate, Filename, Duration, Artist, Album, Date, and whatever as per
>>> my own choice. I can laboriously go through the hundreds of folders
>>> and set these columns, but how can I do this automatically? I cannot
>>> use the option to set all folders to be like the one I have
>>> customised for music as I do not want all of my computer's files
>>> displayed like this, only the ones under the folder called Music. I
>>> could do with a function "Apply this folder's settings to all
>>> subfolders" but that is not there. I could imagine making a custom
>>> template which contains the settings, but that function does not
>>> appear to exist. Is there a way of doing this, what would appear to
>>> me to be common and normal, task?