Can I disable "Grouping" in Vista's Windows explorer??

[ArnsteinB]

I sure hope Microsoft has done something about this in Windows 7? (I'm planning to switch soon, from Vista 64)

I agree 100% with Bryan (and cgipro..and catlovingdoc... and all other pro's), and I share all their anger and frustrations.
I'm sure MS introduced this feature to help us, but they forgot to give us the opportunity to disable it, for ever...

I've been a computernerd since 1983, and this feature is probably the most annoing MS ever has introduced (as long is can't be disabled for good)

As Bryan, I'm very structured and find files much faster in detailed view.

As I said, I don't question MS good intensions (in this matter...), but they should always give us experienced users the opportunity to disable some of the new features they introduce in a new OS.

[R. C. White]

In Win7's Windows Explorer, click View. On the context menu, click Group
by... Click any of the 4 options (Name, Size, etc.). If there is a big dot
(or "Bullet") in front of one of these 4, then there should also be a 5th
option, (None). Click that and see what happens. (I've forgotten how this
worked in Vista.)

[ArnsteinB]

Hi R. C. White!
I'm afraid you have misunderstood most of this.
Many others in this thread does too, and there even someone that praise this feature...

As I wrote, I'm planning to switch to Windows 7...so I can't check out your suggesition before I get it...

I, and most of the participants in this tread, has understood the problem, and your method for disabling grouping in Windows explorer is well know.
The problem is that is not a permanent solution. Visat keep getting back to grouping the files for me.... (which all pros hate)

The question is if this f*** "feature" is can be switched off for good, in Windows 7?

[peter35]

Do anybody have an idea how to get rid of "grouping" feature in Win 7? It's possible to turn it off permanently in Explorer but in most programs open/save dialogs it stays intact. I am getting increasingly tired of switching it off each time I need to open or save a file in a program.
Somebody talked about a registry hack to kill this feature everywhere but I can't find it.

[komodus]

I found a page where some guy, jcgriff2 (nice nick, by the way :) had two different registry solutions.

I tried one of them, and so far, so good.

Thought it may be helpful.

What are you saying? Oh, the link, of course. Here is is:
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Thank you for sharing nothing with us. jcgriff2 has nice blog btw but i cant find problemm for bugging solution. ofc i know i can handle it thru the registry before even i stumble upon these post of yours. but how registry is wasteland that you can easier upgrade to win10 in 2yrs time than to find something inside it ;)