mike hall - ms mvp windows shell/user

Right click the folder and then select the 'customize' tab.. then look at
the bottom of that window.. you have the option not to show the folder
content type..

kerry brown

I agree that's an annoying feature but why would you copy a file to the root
of a drive let alone the root of the system drive?

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thomasn&jÇb±Ë¬²*²hœ®‹(~×(

Mmmh.. I used the root folder just to test Vista's behaivior. And btw why
shouldn't I use the C: folder? I somehow got the weird attitute my OS should
do what I want and not hide files or even entire folders from me. On the
other hand, you get the feeling MS does not want users to look into certain
folders and to really administrate their own computer because they hide
entire folders by default!

But never mind, I fixed it :-). You can turn the whole "folder type" thingy
off by modifying the registry.

Thanks again for your answers,

Thomas

ecat

I would love to know what you did in the registry. It drives me nuts to have
windows deciding what type of folders I have. I want them all to be details
unless I change them myself. So please clue me in.
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kerry brown

It's mostly an organizational issue. It's never been a good practice to
create files in the root of a drive. The simpler you keep the tree structure
the easier it is to find things and to backup data. Allowing users to create
files in the root of the system drive can also be a security problem. As
rights normally propagate from the root you then have to go in and
explicitly block inheritance on subfolders to restrict access. For the best
security this should be the other way around. You should need to block
inheritance to grant access not restrict access. This ensures that users
(and malware) will not accidently get access to write to system files.

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thomasn&jÇb±Ë¬²*²hœ®‹(~×(

@Kerry : Yes and I totally agree on that. But this is a matter of individual
user or system rights but not of the folder layout. It just doesn't make any
sense to use concepts like "Folder Types" on the root file system, because
there aren't any pictures in there (and as I said it was just a test). The
whole folder type idea only makes sense within certain folders where the user
keeps his pictures/videos/documents...

But then again, why do I need Windows to recognize videos as videos within
my "Video"-Folder??? I can still change the folder view manually when i
consider it to be appropriate. Windows 95/98/2000/XP worked just fine like
that. OK, it kinda looks cool to have all those fancy thumbnails but actually
it gets really annoying after some time, especially in folders containing
things other than media files.

After all, people sometimes do actually need to work with Windows and the
Explorer still is a file manager and not a picture viewer. You got stuff like
AC/DC for that!

thomasn&jÇb±Ë¬²*²hœ®‹(~×(

I know it's probably not the best way to do that - and if anyone knows a
better way let me know - but here's what I did:

Run : Regedit

Go To :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer\FolderTypes\

Delete the content of the following keys (I left the subdirs intact).
You will need to change the access rights to these folders first.
(Permissions/ Take Ownership / Change your rights to "full access")

{af9c03d6-7db9-4a15-9464-13bf9fb69a2a}
{7d49d726-3c21-4f05-99aa-fdc2c9474656}
{0b7467fb-84ba-4aae-a09b-15b71097af9e}
{b3690e58-e961-423b-b687-386ebfd83239}

That should deactivate the folder types "Music, Pictures, Documents and
Music and Music Icons". I strongly recommend you make a backup of those keys
first before you change anything.

kerry brown

I don't disagree with you there. I would also like more control over how the
folders are displayed.

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