I'm not sure how or if views of folders on a network are saved.

I'm also not sure of your question...

She is viewing files stored on your computer, correct? Are you saying that changes the view on your computer the next time you open the folder? Or that her view of the folder is not saved?

Keith

"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message news:uXZ4O4vzFHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> 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?
>
>