If you're saying you don't like the column choices XP makes for folders it perceives to be music or pics, you can override that as follows:

1) Open regedit & navigate to:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shel lNoRoam"

2) Delete the subkeys named "BagMRU" and "Bags"

3) Open an ordinary document folder on the desktop or via a shortcut (so you don't have to browse to it) & configure the view to your liking. Then close the folder.

4) Return to regedit and hit "F5" to refresh the view. The "BagMRU" and "Bags" keys should be recreated.

5) Expand the "Bags" key and you should see a single subkey named "1". Select that key.

6) Press "F2" to rename the key. Rename it "AllFolders"

7) Close regedit.

Good Luck,
Keith

"Alden Krautmier" <krautmier@NOSPAMvidcom.org> wrote in message news:9eamr15svtt1na32m1knrv8ndb5nf8m0nh@4ax.com...
> This is the same as choosing "Use Classic Windows Folders" which I
> have done, ad nauseum, to no avail. I don't use the Folder Tasks, but,
> the folders with media files are sorted and arranged by criteria that
> I don't want. If I customize the folder settings, to use the all
> documents..., then "in order to see my changes, I have to enable
> folder tasks and the same crap starts all over again - for me, it is
> like the movie, "Ground Hog Day!"
>
> I was hoping there was a registry tweak (like murdering the SEARCH
> ASSISTANT that would allow me to TRULY revert to Classic Windows file
> management as in W2K...
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but, I have been there and done that. :-)
>
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:00:34 -0700, "Wesley Vogel"
> <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Turn Common Tasks off.
> >
> >Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
> >General tab | UNCheck: Show common tasks in folders |
> >Click Apply | Click OK
> >
> >Show common tasks in folders
> >[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on your
> >computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
> >the folder window.]]
>