I have a long-standing problem, but it's about time I tried to solve it. WinExplorer switches from large items to details, and then to something
else; and all unwanted. And it wipes out all individual settings and groupings that I've made.
I'm obviously doing something wrong; not sure just what.
I become aware of it when I look into Recycle Bin, and it's now
displaying large items instead of the details I set it as. Or into
Devices and Printers; and they've all regrouped in different categories.
And Windows has never let me know. It just does it all willy-nilly; or, rather, according to some logic that I've somehow bypassed.
I have a long-standing problem, but it's about time I tried to solve it. WinExplorer switches from large items to details, and then to something else; and all unwanted. And it wipes out all individual settings and groupings that I've made.
I'm obviously doing something wrong; not sure just what.
I become aware of it when I look into Recycle Bin, and it's now displaying large items instead of the details I set it as. Or into Devices and Printers; and they've all regrouped in different categories.
And Windows has never let me know. It just does it all willy-nilly; or, rather, according to some logic that I've somehow bypassed.
Ed
I have a long-standing problem, but it's about time I tried to solve it. WinExplorer switches from large items to details, and then to something
else; and all unwanted. And it wipes out all individual settings and groupings that I've made.
I'm obviously doing something wrong; not sure just what.
I become aware of it when I look into Recycle Bin, and it's now
displaying large items instead of the details I set it as. Or into
Devices and Printers; and they've all regrouped in different categories.
And Windows has never let me know. It just does it all willy-nilly; or, rather, according to some logic that I've somehow bypassed.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I have a long-standing problem, but it's about time I tried to solve it.
WinExplorer switches from large items to details, and then to something
else; and all unwanted. And it wipes out all individual settings and
groupings that I've made.
I'm obviously doing something wrong; not sure just what.
I become aware of it when I look into Recycle Bin, and it's now
displaying large items instead of the details I set it as. Or into
Devices and Printers; and they've all regrouped in different categories.
And Windows has never let me know. It just does it all willy-nilly; or,
rather, according to some logic that I've somehow bypassed.
Are you using a cleaner tool that happens to delete desktop.ini files in
its cleanup? If you do your own cleanup deletes, maybe you configured
File Explorer to show hidden files and folders, and that would include showing desktop.ini files. Using Ctrl+A to select all files to delete
them would also delete the desktop.ini, if you elected to show them.
https://www.javatpoint.com/what-is-the-windows-desktop-ini-file-and-can-i-delete-it
As far as I can make out, these two files are completely regular and orthodox.ini: one for your user account and one for the Public Desktop.12 Sept 2019".
Here's one explanation;
"The Desktop displayed by Windows when you start your computer or device is a combination of your user's Desktop and the Public Desktop folder. You see two desktop. ini files because two folders combine to create your Desktop, each with its own desktop.
Ed
Newyana2 wrote:
Some more info about this. The utility I found seems to work
for setting the view style. This is what I've ended up with:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="Generic"
"WFlags"=dword:00000000
"ShowCmd"=dword:00000001
"HotKey"=dword:00000000
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).top"=dword:000000df
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).left"=dword:000003ea
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).bottom"=dword:00000360
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).right"=dword:0000072b
"MinPos1920x1080x96(1).x"=dword:ffff8300
"MinPos1920x1080x96(1).y"=dword:ffff8300
"MaxPos1920x1080x96(1).x"=dword:ffffffff
"MaxPos1920x1080x96(1).y"=dword:ffffffff
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}]
"FFlags"=dword:41200001
"Mode"=dword:00000001
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000003
"IconSize"=dword:00000030
"GroupView"=dword:00000000
  The utility mainly set the second set of settings, under
the GUID for general folders. I think Mode is the style
(icons, details, etc) I'm not familiar with LogicalViewMode.
IconSize of 30 is hex for 48.
  However, the utility doesn't
provide window size options. I set those myself in the Shell
key detailed above. You can figure it out from those values.
I don't think the min/max are relevant, but the position
values control window width and height by speccing top, bottom,
left, right. I've set it to appear about mid-screen, about
800x600. These settings are resolution-specific. That's
why it's 1920x1080. If the resolution were changed then
the size would have to be redone.
The instructions for downloading and running that utility are;
 1.   Download the zip file using the link above.
 2.  Extract the entire zip file.
 3.  Right-click WinSetView.exe, select Properties, check Unblock, and click OK.
 4.   Run WinSetView.exe.
 5.  If you skipped step 3, then, in the SmartScreen window, click More info and then Run anyway.
I can't trace "Unblock" anywhere. Has anybody found it?
It sounds worth trying out, but I'm always a bit suspicious of something that doesn't fit its description.
Ed
Newyana2 wrote:
Some more info about this. The utility I found seems to work
for setting the view style. This is what I've ended up with:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="Generic"
"WFlags"=dword:00000000
"ShowCmd"=dword:00000001
"HotKey"=dword:00000000
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).top"=dword:000000df
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).left"=dword:000003ea
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).bottom"=dword:00000360
"WinPos1920x1080x96(1).right"=dword:0000072b
"MinPos1920x1080x96(1).x"=dword:ffff8300
"MinPos1920x1080x96(1).y"=dword:ffff8300
"MaxPos1920x1080x96(1).x"=dword:ffffffff
"MaxPos1920x1080x96(1).y"=dword:ffffffff
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}]
"FFlags"=dword:41200001
"Mode"=dword:00000001
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000003
"IconSize"=dword:00000030
"GroupView"=dword:00000000
The utility mainly set the second set of settings, under
the GUID for general folders. I think Mode is the style
(icons, details, etc) I'm not familiar with LogicalViewMode.
IconSize of 30 is hex for 48.
However, the utility doesn't
provide window size options. I set those myself in the Shell
key detailed above. You can figure it out from those values.
I don't think the min/max are relevant, but the position
values control window width and height by speccing top, bottom,
left, right. I've set it to appear about mid-screen, about
800x600. These settings are resolution-specific. That's
why it's 1920x1080. If the resolution were changed then
the size would have to be redone.
The instructions for downloading and running that utility are;
1. Download the zip file using the link above.
2. Extract the entire zip file.
3. Right-click WinSetView.exe, select Properties, check Unblock, and click OK.
4. Run WinSetView.exe.
5. If you skipped step 3, then, in the SmartScreen window, click
More info and then Run anyway.
I can't trace "Unblock" anywhere. Has anybody found it?
It sounds worth trying out, but I'm always a bit suspicious of something
that doesn't fit its description.
Thanks, Paul.
I always use right-click scan with Windows Defender on all files I download, so I never see that security message.
Would it appear under the Security tab if Defender hadn't done its job?
Ed
Marking the files that way is an independent function (presumably the browser is doing it,
I don't know the details of implementation, like "who is doing the job of marking").
VanguardLH wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I have a long-standing problem, but it's about time I tried to solve it. >>> WinExplorer switches from large items to details, and then to something
else; and all unwanted. And it wipes out all individual settings and
groupings that I've made.
I'm obviously doing something wrong; not sure just what.
I become aware of it when I look into Recycle Bin, and it's now
displaying large items instead of the details I set it as. Or into
Devices and Printers; and they've all regrouped in different categories. >>>
And Windows has never let me know. It just does it all willy-nilly; or,
rather, according to some logic that I've somehow bypassed.
Are you using a cleaner tool that happens to delete desktop.ini files in
its cleanup? If you do your own cleanup deletes, maybe you configured
File Explorer to show hidden files and folders, and that would include
showing desktop.ini files. Using Ctrl+A to select all files to delete
them would also delete the desktop.ini, if you elected to show them.
https://www.javatpoint.com/what-is-the-windows-desktop-ini-file-and-can-i-delete-it
I certainly don't delete desktop.ini deliberately. I'm well aware of its usefulness.
I do, however, occasionally run CCleaner. I've heard good of it from
other people; it has a good reputation for being safe, and I should
think that if it were deleting such a central file then that reputation
would be very different.
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