So all of a sudden explorer is showing my C: drive as a music folder

Hi,
When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
thanks

Did you try right clicking the Column(s), and then choosing "More", if
necessary?

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"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
> subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
> artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
> and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
> no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
> How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
> thanks

"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message
news:MPG.2299dbdb8bfe9af89896a6@localhost...
> Hi,
> When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
> subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
> artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
> and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
> no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
> How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
> thanks

Right-click blank area of right pane where file listing appears, select
Customize this folder, then select All Items.

-Frank

Do the second method here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html

Unfortunately you'll also lose all your other customised folders.

"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message
news:MPG.2299dbdb8bfe9af89896a6@localhost...
> Hi,
> When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
> subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
> artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
> and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
> no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
> How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
> thanks

VistaTaskPaneFix: Occasionally, folder's which do not display the 'Customize' tab in their Properties dialog will acquire the Music or Pictures template. This script allows you to reset the folders to use the 'All Items' template.

Keith's Windows Stuff:
http://home.mchsi.com/~k.miller79/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message news:MPG.2299dbdb8bfe9af89896a6@localhost...
Hi,
When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
thanks

See also:

Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message news:%...
VistaTaskPaneFix: Occasionally, folder's which do not display the 'Customize' tab in their Properties dialog will acquire the Music or Pictures template. This script allows you to reset the folders to use the 'All Items' template.

Keith's Windows Stuff:
http://home.mchsi.com/~k.miller79/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message news:MPG.2299dbdb8bfe9af89896a6@localhost...
Hi,
When I click on the C: drive in my explorer view I get all the
subfolders. However, instead of size and date modified I get album,
artist and rating info. For any individual sub folder I can right click
and change the customize properties to detail view, but for the C: drive
no such option is aviable. How can I change the view back to details?
How come after a year or so Vist decided to change this view?
thanks

On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:35:42 +0530, "Ramesh, MS-MVP"
<ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>
>See also:
>
>Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/
>

Refreshing to see it documented that Windows is broken. This is but
one of many, many places it is true. How embarrassing for the idiots
of Redmond to let a bug that goes back as least as far as XP REMAIN in
Vista unresolved.

Of course more experienced users of Windows over the years KNOW this
is stated Microsoft POLICY. They are often are well aware of "bugs"
but choose not to fix them, thus often annoying and frustrating their
customers, which obviously they don't give a damn about either.

Yes. This remains unresolved for years. I wish they provided with a GUI option to repair the Bags values, as folder contents sniffing goes wrong very often. IIRC, if there is only one file (of type "music") in a folder, windows sets a Music template for the folder/drive. Later on if the user adds mixed content to the folder, Windows does not update the template for the folder.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message news:...
On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:35:42 +0530, "Ramesh, MS-MVP"
<ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:

>
>See also:
>
>Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/
>

Refreshing to see it documented that Windows is broken. This is but
one of many, many places it is true. How embarrassing for the idiots
of Redmond to let a bug that goes back as least as far as XP REMAIN in
Vista unresolved.

Of course more experienced users of Windows over the years KNOW this
is stated Microsoft POLICY. They are often are well aware of "bugs"
but choose not to fix them, thus often annoying and frustrating their
customers, which obviously they don't give a damn about either.

In article <>, ramesh@unknownhost
says...
>
> See also:
>
> Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message news:%...
> VistaTaskPaneFix: Occasionally, folder's which do not display the 'Customize' tab in their Properties dialog will acquire the Music or Pictures template. This script allows you to reset the folders to use the 'All Items' template.
>
> Keith's Windows Stuff:
> http://home.mchsi.com/~k.miller79/
>
>
Thanks, that did it. Silly thing but it annoying that is is so hard to
fix and annoying that it happens at all. anyway all is now well., thanks

You're welcome!

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"SwampYankee" <> wrote in message news:MPG.229b6ecd61a677dd9896a7@localhost...
In article <>, ramesh@unknownhost
says...
>
> See also:
>
> Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message news:%...
> VistaTaskPaneFix: Occasionally, folder's which do not display the 'Customize' tab in their Properties dialog will acquire the Music or Pictures template. This script allows you to reset the folders to use the 'All Items' template.
>
> Keith's Windows Stuff:
> http://home.mchsi.com/~k.miller79/
>
>
Thanks, that did it. Silly thing but it annoying that is is so hard to
fix and annoying that it happens at all. anyway all is now well., thanks