Customizing File Open dialogue

[Guest AlanW]

At "http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm" I found listed "85. Set

Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As", which takes me to

"http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html". There I can find a utility

called "File-Ex" which costs ~$20 and which appears to provide the capability

to do something I've looked for in the Windows XP forums and haven't found.

What I'd like to do is have an application's Open File dialog default to the

Detail View, be sorted by modification date in reverse order, and not have

the "Size" and "Type of File" columns obstructing my view of the modify date.

Have I overlooked a way of doing this which does not involve investing in a

utility like "File-Ex"?

[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: Customizing File Open dialogue

 

I have tried this on Open dialogue box of Microsft Word. Usually it will work

on other programs too:

1. File menu > Open

2. On the Open dialogue box, sort the files in details.

3. On the size column header drag the the right divider to the left until

it almost touches the left divider (a distance of about 1/16 of an inch). It

must not touch the left divider. Do the same to the Type header

4. Click the Date Modified Header until the files are sorted the way you

like it.

5. Press the Control key then click the red X button (top right) to close

the dialogue box. The next time you open the dialogue box it should retain

the settings.

 

Or you can just increase the width of the dialogue box instead of item of 3

above. To do this put the mouse cursor on the right border of the dialogue

box and drag it to the right.

--

Rey

 

 

"AlanW" wrote:

> At "http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm" I found listed "85. Set

> Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As", which takes me to

> "http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html". There I can find a utility

> called "File-Ex" which costs ~$20 and which appears to provide the capability

> to do something I've looked for in the Windows XP forums and haven't found.

> What I'd like to do is have an application's Open File dialog default to the

> Detail View, be sorted by modification date in reverse order, and not have

> the "Size" and "Type of File" columns obstructing my view of the modify date.

> Have I overlooked a way of doing this which does not involve investing in a

> utility like "File-Ex"?