Default view in Open / Save as File Dialog Box

Before anyone attempts to tell me to got to Windows Explorer and open up
Tools to get to Folder Options...That Dog Don't Hunt!

That Setting does not effect the Open / Save As File Dialog Box.
The Open/ Save as Dialog Box opens in the "List View" as a Default, and I
would like it to open in the "Details View".

So is there a setting within WinXP that will allow this, or is there a
regedit work around? I'm not interested in third party software. If there is
no solution I'd really like to know that, as countless hours of searching on
line has only yeilded the Explorer Tools Folder Options answer and the ever
popular, buy this software ad.

Thanks in advance.

> So is there a setting within WinXP that will allow this, or is there a
> regedit work around? I'm not interested in third party software. If there
> is no solution I'd really like to know that, as countless hours of
> searching on line has only yeilded the Explorer Tools Folder Options
> answer and the ever popular, buy this software ad.

The only solution is to live with it or use 3rd party software, listed at
the bottom, whether you want it or not.

You *can* modify any MS Office Open and Save As dialogs.

MS Office Open and Save As dialogs

<quote>
[[To adjust the display of files in the Open and Save As dialog boxes, use
the Views button. The drop-down arrow lets you choose from a list of views,
or you can click the button to cycle through the following four icon
arrangements:

* Large Icons, Small Icons, and List mirror their counterparts in Windows
Explorer.

* Details displays size, file type, and other information, as shown in
http://www.informit.com/content/imag...ks/03fig04.gif
click any heading to sort the list by that category. (If you think that the
information in the Type column is useless, we agree. Skip to the "Secrets of
the Office Masters: Details, Details" section at the end of this chapter for
details on how to make the Details view much more useful.)

* Properties displays summary information about the selected document in the
right half of the dialog box.

* Preview displays a thumbnail version of the document in the right half of
the dialog box as you move from file to file in the list. In general, you
should avoid this option because of the performance penalty you pay: As you
scroll through a dialog box, the program that you're working with has to
open each file; find an import filter, if necessary; and generate the
preview. Switch to this view when you want to quickly verify that the file
you're about to open is the correct one, and then switch back to List or
Details view after peeking at the file.

* Thumbnails displays a thumbnail image of all graphics files and some
Office documents.
<quote>
from...
Office File Management for Microsoft Office XP Experts > Using and
Customizing Common Dialog Boxes
http://www.informit.com/articles/art...31077&seqNum=4
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[[Do you find yourself constantly changing to details view, then resizing
the columns to see the full file name? File-Ex can do this automatically. ]]

File-Ex File Dialog Extensions
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3summ.html

Set Detail View for all Folders Open/Save As
(This was found @ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm #85)

Or this one.

[[View:
Here you can choose how you will view the list of files & folders in the
Open/Save dialog boxes. You may choose one of the Windows standard view
settings. ]]

OpenWide 1.2b by Luke Hudson
http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C2A11724-7AC8-497D-913E-A474925BC696@microsoft.com,
Coyote84 <Coyote84@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Before anyone attempts to tell me to got to Windows Explorer and open up
> Tools to get to Folder Options...That Dog Don't Hunt!
>
> That Setting does not effect the Open / Save As File Dialog Box.
> The Open/ Save as Dialog Box opens in the "List View" as a Default, and I
> would like it to open in the "Details View".
>
> So is there a setting within WinXP that will allow this, or is there a
> regedit work around? I'm not interested in third party software. If there
> is no solution I'd really like to know that, as countless hours of
> searching on line has only yeilded the Explorer Tools Folder Options
> answer and the ever popular, buy this software ad.
>
> Thanks in advance.

[vipulpratap]

Here is the link for the open source software you are looking for -

Default Thumnail View Software

[wilx]

Originally Posted by vipulpratap

Here is the link for the open source software you are looking for -

Default Thumnail View Software

Hi, I can't find this software as your link has been removed. Can you tell me the full name and publisher ?

Thanks

[Shikhar]

Well am not sure what was the name of that application that was posted by vipul, but alternatively, you can use "Easy Thumbnails" for the same. You can download it from here. It is just 1mn in size and with userfriendly interface.