Re: Insert Attachment question

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:57:30 -0500

> Mine always comes up in List view.

That's the problem!

Coincidentally, Ramesh gave a technical sounding explanation
to a related question earlier this week:

news:uf$c9CH2EHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
Subject: Re: "save target as" default setting -in
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:43:43 +0530
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser

<quote>
This is by design. Common Dialog box view options cannot be
customized. Only the sort style can be customized.
</quote>

:o (What does that mean? Where is it documented?)

Robert 

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"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:%23RiPG5S2EHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> There must be some way.  The original complainer indicated that the list
> always came up in Detail view.  Mine always comes up in List view.
>
> steve
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
> news:OoeJ7zN2EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >>>> there must be a way to have it default to "Details"
>>
>> >> Seems like there should be a way to fix this.
>>
>> Probably only by zapping a byte in a .dll somewhere...
>>
>> Every time I encounter this problem I get irritated that there
>> is no way to make that preference persistent but I don't have
>> to use it often enough for it to be a major enough annoyance
>> for me to try to figure out how to do something about it.
>>
>> A long time ago, somebody claimed that Jerold Schulman had
>> one for  NT4.   Supposedly it only worked when  WDU  was not
>> installed (which I used and which is not uninstallable).
>> Since then I had a look at it (It's a reg hack.) and can't see how
>> the claim would be justified but  YMMV:   jsiinc.com  (Tip 764)
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ufRQYpH2EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Well, I haven't been able to find one.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>> > Please respond in Newsgroup only.  Do not send email
>> > http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> > Protect your PC
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>> >
>> > "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
>> > news:e80C3xF2EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
>> >> Seems like there should be a way to fix this.
>> >>
>> >> steve
>> >>
>> >> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in
>> >> message news:uGPwup61EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >>> "cuz202" <r274@mail.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:10uqq0h24k7agef12vvt366hm6f95g73sr@4ax.com
>> >>>> Any time i go to insert an attachment in OE6, the View menu defaults
>> >>>> to "List"  My general folder format is "Details" and I'd like it to
>> >>>> be the same during an OE attachment search.  Of course, I can
>> >>>> change it each time, but there must be a way to have it default to
>> >>>> "Details". Any help would be much appreciated.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> There is no fix.
>> >>> It's Windows doing this, not OE.
>> >>> You will have to change it yourself with the right most button on the
>> >>> toolbar.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>