With Windows 10 I know how to view the computer's files in a folder in "details" view. And how to ensure a folder always opens in "details" view.
I connect my Android Galaxy Note 10 to my Windows computer using a USB
lead. Using Windows file explorer, or whatever they call it these days,
all the folders on the phone open in "tiles" mode. I am able to manually change the view to "details" but the next time I connect my phone it
reverts to "tiles" again.
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS
open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
Malone <mslone@nospam.uk> wrote:
With Windows 10 I know how to view the computer's files in a folder in
"details" view. And how to ensure a folder always opens in "details" view. >>
I connect my Android Galaxy Note 10 to my Windows computer using a USB
lead. Using Windows file explorer, or whatever they call it these days,
all the folders on the phone open in "tiles" mode. I am able to manually
change the view to "details" but the next time I connect my phone it
reverts to "tiles" again.
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS
open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
Right-click on the drive you see in File Explorer for files on the
Android phone, select Properties, and Customize tab. What type of
folder is it? See if changing to General Items works to give you the
Details view, and if that setting sticks. Don't delete the desktop.ini
file under the drive/folder since that holds this customization. Since
you need to write to the drive/folder to create or modify the
desktop.ini file, does that Android folder shown in File Explorer let
you write/create files?
On 19-Jan-2024 1:20 pm, VanguardLH wrote:
Malone <mslone@nospam.uk> wrote:
With Windows 10 I know how to view the computer's files in a folder in
"details" view. And how to ensure a folder always opens in "details" view. >>>
I connect my Android Galaxy Note 10 to my Windows computer using a USB
lead. Using Windows file explorer, or whatever they call it these days,
all the folders on the phone open in "tiles" mode. I am able to manually >>> change the view to "details" but the next time I connect my phone it
reverts to "tiles" again.
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS >>> open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
Right-click on the drive you see in File Explorer for files on the
Android phone, select Properties, and Customize tab. What type of
folder is it? See if changing to General Items works to give you the
Details view, and if that setting sticks. Don't delete the desktop.ini
file under the drive/folder since that holds this customization. Since
you need to write to the drive/folder to create or modify the
desktop.ini file, does that Android folder shown in File Explorer let
you write/create files?
Thanks for that. Unfortunately, right clicking on "Internal storage"
(that appears in Windows when I connect the phone), or any of the
Android folders enclosed shown in File Explorer and selecting
"properties" gives me just a single tab "general" with no subsequent
user selectable options. I can't create files in those Android folders
(no right click then "new" option) but I am able to drag files from
Windows into any of the Android folders but once they're there I can't
edit them from Windows.
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS
open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
Malone wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:06:19 +1300 :
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS
open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
This is probably better asked on the Windows newsgroups but I tried it with my phone and it remembered that "details" setting per folder in this test.
1. Connect USB to Windows 10 and then connect the Android phone to the USB
2. Click on W:indows "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
3. The default view was "View | Tiles" for that folder
4. I changed the view to "View | Details for that folder
5. I closed the window and returned to that spot the same way
6. It reverted back to "View | Tiles"
7. I changed it back to "View | Details"
8. And then I went one level deeper by clicking on "media"
9. Now when I went back to the Android folder, it was "View | Details"
10. Now I unplugged the USB from the Android phone & plugged it back in
11. I went to "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
12. It remembered the "View | Details" that I had previously set up
Malone wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:06:19 +1300 :
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS
open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
This is probably better asked on the Windows newsgroups but I tried it with my phone and it remembered that "details" setting per folder in this test.
1. Connect USB to Windows 10 and then connect the Android phone to the USB
2. Click on W:indows "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
3. The default view was "View | Tiles" for that folder
4. I changed the view to "View | Details for that folder
5. I closed the window and returned to that spot the same way
6. It reverted back to "View | Tiles"
7. I changed it back to "View | Details"
8. And then I went one level deeper by clicking on "media"
9. Now when I went back to the Android folder, it was "View | Details"
10. Now I unplugged the USB from the Android phone & plugged it back in
11. I went to "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
12. It remembered the "View | Details" that I had previously set up
Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
Malone wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:06:19 +1300 :
Is there any setting I can apply so that the folders on the phone ALWAYS >>> open in "details" view? Is there a registry setting?
This is probably better asked on the Windows newsgroups but I tried it with >> my phone and it remembered that "details" setting per folder in this test. >>
1. Connect USB to Windows 10 and then connect the Android phone to the USB >> 2. Click on W:indows "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
3. The default view was "View | Tiles" for that folder
4. I changed the view to "View | Details for that folder
5. I closed the window and returned to that spot the same way
6. It reverted back to "View | Tiles"
7. I changed it back to "View | Details"
8. And then I went one level deeper by clicking on "media"
9. Now when I went back to the Android folder, it was "View | Details"
10. Now I unplugged the USB from the Android phone & plugged it back in
11. I went to "My Computer | Phone | Internal storage | Android"
12. It remembered the "View | Details" that I had previously set up
Not sure what you mean by "went one level deeper by clicking on media".
Is it perhaps to select between PTP and MTP mode for Android storage?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
Where to find the USB mode setting (charge-only, PTP, MTP) is different
on each phone, and we don't know what phone the OP is using. Can't find
the setting on my current phone, but remember seeing the settings on a
prior phone.
https://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-and-usb-mass-storage/
https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-get-your-android-device-to-show-up-in-file-explorer/
(also mentions the Android driver many need to be updated on Windows)
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