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How to Change the Default Folder View in Windows

Posted on 05. Jun, 2008 by Kyle Judkins in How To

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Yesterday, I received a comment asking me how to change the default folder view in Windows. Well, I thought instead of just emailing an answer that I would make a blog post about it. Here is a guide on how to get all of your folders in Windows to give you the same view.

The first thing you want to do is open up a folder, any folder for that matter. I decided to go with the My Documents folder. Once the folder is open, click on the View button in the menu bar, then select the view you would like to use. I prefer the list view, but you can select whichever one you want.

Now that you have changed the view, click the Tools button in the menu bar. In the drop down menu, select Folder Options.

A window should pop up, and you should select the View tab. Once the View tab is open, click Apply to all Folders. This will apply these settings to all of the folders on your computer.

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Tags: folders, view, Windows