Since using Vista I've had a hell of a time just trying to get basic things working as they did in XP.
Firstly, I just want ALL my explorer directory detail windows to show Name, Size, and Date. But so many of them show different fields specific to digital photos. How do I force ALL directories to show the basics ONLY?
Secondly, explorer has a toolbar underneath the menu! This is a waste of real estate. How can I remove it? I can't right click and say "f%$# off" :(
Thirdly, searches. WTF?? I want to find a file named *.txt in all subdirectories. But I've chosen not to index them. I can't type *.txt into the "search" window, that doesn't work.
Lastly, can someone provide a Microsoft engineer I can solidly kick? My laptop didn't come with a repair disk, just a reformat-and-reimage disk. WTF! And when I had a major computer virus I had to use Linux to boot because Microsoft don't make boot disks any more.
Okay grumbles aside, anyone can help me with the three issues above?
Answer
- Get one folder exactly how you like it, then press Alt to bring up the menu and click "Tools" > "Folder Options", then under "View" choose "Apply to folders"
Next, nope, that toolbar is there to stay. I am not a fan and prefer if I could have just the standard menu bar.
I find the search a bit annoying. It works fine on file name, so if there is a file called "test3.txt" and another one called "test4.txt" and I type test, it will show both, but it sometimes works with operators such as *.txt but sometimes doesn't and I haven't found out why... so, I end up using search just for names and usually still use the command prompt and type dir *.txt /s as I just find it quicker.
Nope! You can't kick anyone from Microsoft - and you can still make recovery disks. Simply go to "Computer" and right click on removable storage and choose format. You will see the following option:
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