Text 12387, 66 rader
Skriven 2006-08-03 23:16:42 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 12385 av John Beckett (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Recycle Bin Opens In Double Pane Mode
=================================================
From: "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com>

Yep, I've tried all that stuff already, and checking that the number of
customized folder settings to remember is set high enough.  Nothing worked. I
never knew of the shift double click on the icon thing before.  Tried that as
well.  Didn't work.  It probably still works (it acted like it knew what that
command did as it closed the window, but the setting weren't retained).

I just noticed that opening "My Computer" exhibits the same problem.  It opens,
always, in double pane mode.  Control Panel on the other hand behaves properly
and opens in single pane mode.


OK  Everyone's attempts at helping finally prodded me to figure what I had
done.  A few months ago I changed the default action for file folders (i.e. the
default context menu [right click menu]) from "Open" to "Explore".  I did this
because I wanted folders that I doubled clicked on in the right side pane of
windows explorer to NOT open a new single pane window but to instead open a
double pane view of the folder I double clicked in the same explorer window I
was already working in.

This change causes the default action when double clicking the Recycle Bin Icon
and the My Computer Icon to open in "Explore" double pane mode instead of the
single pane mode of the normal default action "Open".

Strange that it didn't affect how control panel opens?

Anyway, I know understand why Recycle Bin and My Computer don't open in single
pane mode any longer, and feel better knowing things aren't broken.

Now, if I can just figure out how to fix the context menus for Recycle Bin and
My Computer to default to "Open" while keeping all other folders defaulting to
"Explore".

Thanks to everyone for trying to help me.

Gary

"John Beckett" <FirstnameSurname@compuserve.com.omit> wrote in message
news:hu55d2h8t1suc135nf8esh2k9eqs566n60@4ax.com...
> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:<44d16e8c@w3.nls.net>:
>> I've done that.  It turns it off, but just for that instance of the
>> window.
>> If I close that recycle bin window and open it again its back to double
>> pane
>> mode.
>
> Explorer has (Tools menu, Folder Options, View tab) an option to remember
> the settings for each Explorer window (and the Recycle Bin is one of
> those, presumably). Some fiddling there may fix it. I'm guessing about
> saying you do NOT want each folder remembered, then set to Explore, then
> exit Explorer. Maybe Recycle will be ok.
>
> Or, many generations ago, you could set a window the way you wanted, then
> hold down left Shift and double-click the icon at the top left of the
> window (in the title bar). That closes the Explorer window and remembers
> its setting. No idea if that still works.
>
> Do not have any spare Explorer windows open while doing all this (it may
> not save its state until all windows are closed).
>
> John
>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
 * Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)