Re: Help please - details not icons - C: unexpanded

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From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:27:51 -0000

Hi

Enable View>Details, then go to Tools>Folder Options>View and click on
'Apply to All Folders'.

Please see if the following article helps:

"Windows Explorer Command-Line Options"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;152457 

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Will Denny
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"Rick" <himself@sceniclane.com> wrote in message 
news:ebR0bGz1EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> How can I set W explorer to display folder/file information in Details 
> form, NOT icons!  I'm fed up having to repeatedly go to View and selecting 
> Details.
>
> Also in my W98 days and earlier, I had a little batch file with command 
> line options set to let me open Windows Explorer with C:\ unexpanded, 
> Very often, I happen to be going somewhere else.
>
> It's very irritating that so many of these relatively trivial details are 
> not easily available.  Surely MS could spend some time to clean up these 
> details
>
> R
>

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