Looks like this trick has done it! You have saved me thousands of
unecessary clicks!

THANK YOU!




On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:56:27 -0600, "Keith Miller"
<k.miller79@verizon.net> wrote:

>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\She llNoRoam"
>
>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.]]
>>