How do I customize the view of my C drive?

All of a sudden the view of the C drive in Explorer is assuming all the sub-folders are
photos. If it were any other folder, I could right click on the folder and select
properties/customize/all items. When one right clicks on the C: drive folder this option is
not offered. How do I change it back to the default view and why did it decide to switch to
photo view?
thanks

SwampYankee;562067 Wrote:
> All of a sudden the view of the C drive in Explorer is assuming all the
> sub-folders are
> photos. If it were any other folder, I could right click on the folder
> and select
> properties/customize/all items. When one right clicks on the C: drive
> folder this option is
> not offered. How do I change it back to the default view and why did it
> decide to switch to
> photo view?
> thanks

Hi SwampYankee,

This will show you how to change it back to the "All Items" template.
See the NOTE under step one for how.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html

Shawn


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In article <>, says...
>
> SwampYankee;562067 Wrote:
> > All of a sudden the view of the C drive in Explorer is assuming all the
> > sub-folders are
> > photos. If it were any other folder, I could right click on the folder
> > and select
> > properties/customize/all items. When one right clicks on the C: drive
> > folder this option is
> > not offered. How do I change it back to the default view and why did it
> > decide to switch to
> > photo view?
> > thanks
>
> Hi SwampYankee,
>
> This will show you how to change it back to the "All Items" template.
> See the NOTE under step one for how.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
thanks but no thanks. Link leads to an FAQ with 22 choices. I just want to know how to turn
my view back to the way it was before. If I want to read through all those pages and links I
might as well install XP again. Anybody have a solution to this? Why was the layout changed
in the first place? Why do I have to go through all these gyrations I just want to have
explorer show my hard drive as a series of files! Not a bunch of photos!!!! How do I make
Vista display my C: drive as a series of folders and files? Not a bunch of photos? It
really is a computer with files on it not a camera! help........................pleass.....

Click Views.

Make your choice.

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"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message
news:MPG.21ea1e47c78d6be19896a9@localhost...
> In article <>,
> says...
>>
>> SwampYankee;562067 Wrote:
>> > All of a sudden the view of the C drive in Explorer is assuming all the
>> > sub-folders are
>> > photos. If it were any other folder, I could right click on the folder
>> > and select
>> > properties/customize/all items. When one right clicks on the C: drive
>> > folder this option is
>> > not offered. How do I change it back to the default view and why did it
>> > decide to switch to
>> > photo view?
>> > thanks
>>
>> Hi SwampYankee,
>>
>> This will show you how to change it back to the "All Items" template.
>> See the NOTE under step one for how.
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77...templates.html
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>>
> thanks but no thanks. Link leads to an FAQ with 22 choices. I just want
> to know how to turn
> my view back to the way it was before. If I want to read through all
> those pages and links I
> might as well install XP again. Anybody have a solution to this? Why was
> the layout changed
> in the first place? Why do I have to go through all these gyrations I
> just want to have
> explorer show my hard drive as a series of files! Not a bunch of
> photos!!!! How do I make
> Vista display my C: drive as a series of folders and files? Not a bunch
> of photos? It
> really is a computer with files on it not a camera!
> help........................pleass.....

In article <>,
says...
> Click Views.
>
> Make your choice.
>
>
If I do that for the c drive I am only given a choice for details, or various permutations of
icon size. It still treats the whole C drive and its sub folders as photo images. So it
lists each folder, but the column headers for the entire c drive are: Name, Date Taken, Tags
Size and Rating. I want the folders, date and size like in the old explorer
thanks

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