Games Folder after SP1

[Guest John Adams]

I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not remembering

folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

 

Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I turn it

on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get around this

problem.

 

Does anyone know of a solution?

 

- John

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Games Folder after SP1

 

I can turn the preview pane on and off in the Games Explorer without

affecting other WE windows. (Vista Ultimate x64 SP1). Am I missing

something?

 

"John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

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>I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not remembering

>folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

>

> Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I turn

> it on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get around

> this problem.

>

> Does anyone know of a solution?

>

> - John

[Guest John Adams]

Re: Games Folder after SP1

 

Hmm. No matter what I do, it's all or none. Is there a way to fix this?

 

- John

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> I can turn the preview pane on and off in the Games Explorer without

> affecting other WE windows. (Vista Ultimate x64 SP1). Am I missing

> something?

>

> "John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

> news:37D4DC81-F1BC-4F12-923C-7D9A80AAFD52@microsoft.com...

>>I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not remembering

>>folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

>>

>> Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I turn

>> it on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get

>> around this problem.

>>

>> Does anyone know of a solution?

>>

>> - John

>

[Guest John Adams]

Re: Games Folder after SP1

 

Correction:

 

After some more research, I have figured out that it affects these folders:

 

Pictures (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

Videos (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

Games

root account folder (named John Adams in my case)

 

If I turn the Preview Pane on or off in any of these folders, it turns it on

or off for ALL of these folders.

 

Is there a way to create a custom folder template and apply it to any of

these folders? Should the Games folder be associated with the same folder

template as these others?

This problem is new as of upgrading to SP1. It was not occurring before the

update.

 

I should also say that, other than this small but annoying issue, my

computer is running better than ever with SP1 installed.

 

- John

 

 

"John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

news:37D4DC81-F1BC-4F12-923C-7D9A80AAFD52@microsoft.com...

> I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not remembering

> folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

>

> Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I turn

> it on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get around

> this problem.

>

> Does anyone know of a solution?

>

> - John

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: Games Folder after SP1

 

In XP we have the 'Folder Options' where you can turn on/off things like

[remember each folder view] and [set all folders to match the view of one

folder].

 

Check if you have something like that configured that conflicts with your

changing preferences? This may also be a consequence of installing the

Service Pack wich might reset your preference to Default?

 

Also, if the SP installation is quite new, you might allow a few days for

updates to come trickling down that you didn't need before?

 

I used to have problems with my XP x64 not remembering configuration changes

when it was new, but it slowly went away by itself

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

news:D6835594-6984-4DFF-A3B1-4C63B8674005@microsoft.com...

> Correction:

>

> After some more research, I have figured out that it affects these

folders:

>

> Pictures (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

> Videos (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

> Games

> root account folder (named John Adams in my case)

>

> If I turn the Preview Pane on or off in any of these folders, it turns it

on

> or off for ALL of these folders.

>

> Is there a way to create a custom folder template and apply it to any of

> these folders? Should the Games folder be associated with the same folder

> template as these others?

> This problem is new as of upgrading to SP1. It was not occurring before

the

> update.

>

> I should also say that, other than this small but annoying issue, my

> computer is running better than ever with SP1 installed.

>

> - John

>

>

> "John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

> news:37D4DC81-F1BC-4F12-923C-7D9A80AAFD52@microsoft.com...

> > I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not remembering

> > folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

> >

> > Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I turn

> > it on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get

around

> > this problem.

> >

> > Does anyone know of a solution?

> >

> > - John

>

[Guest John Adams]

Re: Games Folder after SP1

 

Tony,

 

Thanks for the advice. The folder settings in Vista are practically

identical to those in XP. I have already checked the [Remember Each

Folder's View Settings] and similar things under Folder Options. I even

reset all the options to default on all of my effected folders and tried to

set them properly afterwards and this still did not help.

 

- John

 

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message

news:eMnmDSKfIHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> In XP we have the 'Folder Options' where you can turn on/off things like

> [remember each folder view] and [set all folders to match the view of one

> folder].

>

> Check if you have something like that configured that conflicts with your

> changing preferences? This may also be a consequence of installing the

> Service Pack wich might reset your preference to Default?

>

> Also, if the SP installation is quite new, you might allow a few days for

> updates to come trickling down that you didn't need before?

>

> I used to have problems with my XP x64 not remembering configuration

> changes

> when it was new, but it slowly went away by itself

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

> news:D6835594-6984-4DFF-A3B1-4C63B8674005@microsoft.com...

>> Correction:

>>

>> After some more research, I have figured out that it affects these

> folders:

>>

>> Pictures (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

>> Videos (Folder template: Pictures and Videos)

>> Games

>> root account folder (named John Adams in my case)

>>

>> If I turn the Preview Pane on or off in any of these folders, it turns it

> on

>> or off for ALL of these folders.

>>

>> Is there a way to create a custom folder template and apply it to any of

>> these folders? Should the Games folder be associated with the same

>> folder

>> template as these others?

>> This problem is new as of upgrading to SP1. It was not occurring before

> the

>> update.

>>

>> I should also say that, other than this small but annoying issue, my

>> computer is running better than ever with SP1 installed.

>>

>> - John

>>

>>

>> "John Adams" <seamus@horadrim.net> wrote in message

>> news:37D4DC81-F1BC-4F12-923C-7D9A80AAFD52@microsoft.com...

>> > I know there are other posts floating around about Vista not

>> > remembering

>> > folder's view settings, but I have a very specific issue.

>> >

>> > Since SP1, the Games folder no longer shows the Preview Pane. If I

>> > turn

>> > it on, it turns it on for all windows. I can not find a way to get

> around

>> > this problem.

>> >

>> > Does anyone know of a solution?

>> >

>> > - John

>>

>

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