Not really. There is no need to do anything to have explorer work. It was just your stupidity getting in the way.

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"Allan" <allan@vidcomNOSPAM.org> wrote in message news:fgrnr1dg9pmg8e0e8k8eq9puegg4sd2cpb@4ax.com...
> Looks like this trick has done it! You have saved me thousands of
> unecessary clicks!
>
> THANK YOU!
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> 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\Sh ellNoRoam"
>>
>>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.]]
>>>
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