Thumbnail views

graham · Post by **graham** » 16 Oct 2007 14:30

I am not sure if this is a bug.

I have noticed recently, that when for certain folders are changed from details to thumbnails view and then back the thumbnail view seems to appear in other odd folders contents. I have not set for thumbnails for these folders, of that I am sure, but I have yet to find a sequence that proves this.

I am fairly certain that this did not happen in previous versions <6.4 and only notice it now because I have to change views more often using the toolbar item.

Sorry can't be more precise at this time.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 16 Oct 2007 15:08

Not sure I got this right, but the View (Details, Thumbnails, etc) is NOT folder-specific. So if you switch to Thumbs, you'll be in that View until you change it back, regardless of what folder you're browing/jumping to.

Note that, however, it is Tab-specific. So setting one tab in Thumbnails view and another one in Details, then switching back & forth between the two will change the View on List. But again, changing location/folder on any of those tabs will not affect the View.

graham · Post by **graham** » 16 Oct 2007 16:19

I think I have found the culprit and it is NOT a bug -

A few days ago I set XYP to be the default file manager using the reg file in the Wiki FAQ. My daughter is a second user account on the system and so XYP also applies. I think this is where the problem lies in that both accounts share the same ini file.

Jacky - Is there an easy reg file to change things back?

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 16 Oct 2007 17:26

graham wrote:Jacky - Is there an easy reg file to change things back?

Sure, there you go :

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@=""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\XYplorer]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@=""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XYplorer]

Note that what it does is remove the XY keys created by the first reg, and restore default values.

That should do what you want, but if - before you put XY as default handler for folders - you didn't have Explorer but some other application set, such as another file manager, it would not restore it but go back to Explorer anyway.

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 16 Oct 2007 17:29

PS: If the problem is due to a common/shared INI, you could simply add /ini=graham or something like that on your shortcut to start XY, then you'll be using your own settings in XY and your daughter wouldn't change your settings.