{"id":18909,"date":"2020-03-07T08:18:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=18909"},"modified":"2020-03-07T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:18:41","slug":"how-to-prevent-file-explorer-from-changing-folder-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-prevent-file-explorer-from-changing-folder-views\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent File Explorer from Changing Folder Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>How to Prevent File Explorer from Changing Folder Views<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s always frustrating when File Explorer switches your preferred way of viewing folders. For example, if you like to view your &#8220;Pictures&#8221; folders in &#8220;Extra large icon&#8221; view or &#8220;Large icon view&#8221; Windows cannot seem to remember your preferred view from one folder to the next. Here&#8217;s how to fix that so your folder views are consistent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Open a folder where you have the view set the way you want it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Click on &#8220;View&#8217; then &#8220;Options&#8221; and &#8220;Change folder and search options&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">See the screenshot below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/folderview01a.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly\" width=\"602\" height=\"580\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In the &#8220;Folder Options&#8221; dialog that opens, click on &#8220;View&#8221;. Then under &#8220;You can apply this view (such as Details or Icons) to all folders of this type&#8221; click &#8220;Apply to Folders&#8221;.\u00a0 A dialog will appear confirming you want all folders of this type to match this folder&#8217;s settings&#8230; click &#8220;Yes&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/folderview0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly\" width=\"443\" height=\"427\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And that&#8217;s all there is to it. Keep in mind after a Windows 10 Upgrade you may have to do this all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Prevent File Explorer from Changing Folder Views It&#8217;s always frustrating when File Explorer switches your preferred way of viewing folders. For example, if you like to view your &#8220;Pictures&#8221; folders in &#8220;Extra large icon&#8221; view or &#8220;Large icon view&#8221; Windows cannot seem to remember your preferred view from one folder to the next. 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