Re: Folder collumns
- From: "H Brown" <H.Brown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:52:01 -0500
"philnolan3d" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This drives me nuts constantly. Is there some way to set it so that I
never ever have to see a certain column? "Tags" for instance, I find it
useless and just taking up space that I could use for when I need to
right click, yet it seems to show up in every folder regardless of what
content is in that folder.
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philnolan3d
~~Phil Nolan
Modeler / Animator
www.philnolan3d.com
For starters and I am of the opinion most users that report having your
issue, are not consistent when it comes to organizing files and folders.
e.g. Vista gives each user a set of personal folders (the blue/green ones).
If you use these folders as catch-alls for file types that are unassociated
with the file types that Vista expects to see in certain folders, then Vista
will try to adjust to how the user wants to store files and folders and of
course will try to provide a heading column and even a folder appropriate
for the file types being stored.
By example lets look at the Document Folder. When you store documents in
this folder there are many common file types that qualify and some not so
common types that are in fact conceded document file types. Now when Vista
looks at the Document Folder the least you could get would be the Name
column but Vista may also by default provide others that are common
property's with document file types. Such as Date modified, Size etc. You
can also add other column headings and remove column headings.
But now lets start storing files types like Pictures, Videos, Music, emails
along with all the document types to the Document folder. Now Vista will
try to accommodate the heading columns to make finding your file, sorting,
stacking by giving you columns that you would expect to see say in your
Music file/folder like Artist, Album, Genre, Ratings,Year or Bit rate among
other choices that one may expects to see when storing Auto file types.
There is most likely a threshold used by Vista when it will convert the
Document Blue/Green folder to a yellow/manila folder (Misc. file types
folder) once you put enough different file types that are not document file
types in the Document folder,you look up one day and your pretty blue
folder will be yellow/manila. That's when people start wanting to know what
happened to their blue folder(s) and have to go back and reset the folder
back to the blue. However when they continue to use these folders as catch
ALLs, I'm sure the actions will repeat at some point and time. So when you
use these folders as catch All folders for many different file types Vista
will try to accommodate you.
People will find controlling heading columns and folders more to their
liking using a logical consistent approach to storing files and creating
folders with in folders. It should be noted that each application/program
you are using on your computer will offer many property's that you can use
or not use. If you use "Tags"/Comments which is a custom property and a
common property in some image type applications and store lots of picture
files in the Documents folder then the Tag heading could be one you will see
often. When you still insist on storing a mix of file types in varying
folders you can expect inconsistent results when you open a folder and then
it could change again depending on the file you select. Each file in that
folder can have a huge verity of properties that or not common to the other
file types stored in that folder and Vista can't understand what h#)( it is
your thinking, so Vista gives you a Misc folder and column
heading/proprieties it assumes you may want or need for all files in that
folder.
There are file property's that all files will have like the "Name" property.
For a quick look to see what you have going on in say, your *Document
Folder* or others, open it and make sure you have a heading in your column
"Type" add it if you don't. Then in the Type column heading you will see
the little drop down menu, click it and click on "Sort". Now you can see at
least the Name Column and the Type Column. Now in the Name column if you
have *unchecked* in Tools under Folder Options in the View tab "Hide
extensions for known file types" you will see the file type extension of
each file. With a little research at a site like http://www.fileinfo.com/
you will begin to understand more about what file types should and should
not be stored in certain folders together to achieve better consistencies.
Not that you *can't* do it the way you like, but if your looking for
consistent results be consistent. Then you can can use Folder Options to
give you even better results or at least results you would like to see.
You understand when composing a Document you may use many different file
types in the document, Auto sounds, Images pictures, and even Video file
types among others that you gather by copy and paste from other folders or
its subfolders for your project. If you save your work as a .doc it is a
Document file that your Document folder is fine for. If for some reason
none of the blue/green folders seem appropriate for some type of file then
create a folder in your *Personal* folder, that's the one you see when you
click on start and see your name or the name of that account. The new folder
you create in your Personal folder could have a name like *Misc* for when
you can't figure out where to store the file, giving you time to sort it all
out.
There are many benefits in Vista that come along with being consistent when
organizing your files and folders, for one it keeps it simple for you to
find those files and a no brainer for Vista to find.
For now if you like, go to the link below
*How to Reset Windows Explorer Folder View Settings to Make Vista Remember*
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819-windows-explorer-folder-view-settings.html?filter[11]=File%20Folder%20Settings
Good Luck
H Brown
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