How to nail down the Win 7 icons in Explorer

[Seum]

Hello Experts

In Windows 7 Explorer I find the icons hard to nail down. I did several
searches and came up empty.

How to nail them down, especially in the middle, which is List?

TIA

PS, if anyone needs nails, please let me know ;-)

 

[Bob I]

"icons hard to nail down" with regards to what criteria? You left out a
lot of detail as to just what you actually want to accomplish.

 

[Nil]

In Windows 7 Explorer I find the icons hard to nail down. I did
several searches and came up empty.

How to nail them down, especially in the middle, which is List?

I have no idea what you're talking about. What does "nail down" mean?
"Middle" of what?

 

[Seum]

I have no idea what you're talking about. What does "nail down" mean?
"Middle" of what?

Icons: Huge, Large, medium, Small, List, Details, etc......
Middle of the icons - List is pretty close

Nail some one of them down to keep Explorer from getting away, whenever
it likes, from List. I like to keep that List FIXED = nailed down

Now you can look for a translator

 

[Char Jackson]

Icons: Huge, Large, medium, Small, List, Details, etc......
Middle of the icons - List is pretty close

Nail some one of them down to keep Explorer from getting away, whenever
it likes, from List. I like to keep that List FIXED = nailed down

Now you can look for a translator

Does anyone else think that it's humorous when the explanation is no
more clear than the initial post?

 

[Paul]

Icons: Huge, Large, medium, Small, List, Details, etc......
Middle of the icons - List is pretty close

Nail some one of them down to keep Explorer from getting away, whenever
it likes, from List. I like to keep that List FIXED = nailed down

Now you can look for a translator

Find a picture that has the elements you're interested in, on display.

http://it-help.bathspa.ac.uk/winnt/graphics/desktop.png

http://www.coolnerds.com/XP/winExp/winExp04.jpg

Somewhere, there's got to be an example of what you're talking about.

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1200542911109&id=914f3ab362bcfc7abb1a70e398c25cc3

If you can find an image like that, download it to your desktop,
use an image editor like GIMP or similar to circle the thing you're
talking about, then upload the image to an image hosting site
like imageshack.us or equivalent, then we can all share in the fun.
You post a link to the uploaded image with the circled thing, so we can
find it.

Paul

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

Icons: Huge, Large, medium, Small, List, Details, etc......
Middle of the icons - List is pretty close

Nail some one of them down to keep Explorer from getting away, whenever
it likes, from List. I like to keep that List FIXED = nailed down

Now you can look for a translator

Since we still cannot figure out what you mean,
you could try posting in your native language
and we can run that through google translate.
Please state what language, too.

 

[Nil]

Now you can look for a translator

Are you joking?

Why should I bother? If you won't make an effort to be understood, I'm
certainly not going to bother. The onus is on you.

 

[Nil]

Does anyone else think that it's humorous when the explanation is
no more clear than the initial post?

In this case... no.

 

[Bob I]

Icons: Huge, Large, medium, Small, List, Details, etc......
Middle of the icons - List is pretty close

Nail some one of them down to keep Explorer from getting away, whenever
it likes, from List. I like to keep that List FIXED = nailed down

Now you can look for a translator

Control panel, Folder Options, View. (read the dialog)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

In this case... no.

In my case yes, but I sympathize with your 'no'...

I believe Seum wants to have Explorer always open in the List mode.

 

[Nil]

In my case yes, but I sympathize with your 'no'...

I believe Seum wants to have Explorer always open in the List mode.

Then why didn't he just say so?

I get annoyed with people who ask for help, then try to make you beg
for details. That game got old a long time ago. Remember "Valorie?"

 

[Jeff Layman]

Then why didn't he just say so?

I get annoyed with people who ask for help, then try to make you beg
for details. That game got old a long time ago. Remember "Valorie?"

A classic troll...

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

In my case yes, but I sympathize with your 'no'...

I believe Seum wants to have Explorer always open in the List mode.

That's the way I read it. On my computer, the mode for a particular
folder is "nailed down" whenever I select it. It stays the same when I
return to that folder. I believe ther is a way to set the display mode
for all folders at once, but I forget what it is.

 

[Jeff Layman]

That's the way I read it. On my computer, the mode for a particular
folder is "nailed down" whenever I select it. It stays the same when I
return to that folder. I believe ther is a way to set the display mode
for all folders at once, but I forget what it is.

Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View | Folder views

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View | Folder views

No, that is different. That determines what details are shown, like
"Hide extensions for known file types," but not how they are shown, like
"Large Icons," or "List," or "Details."

 

[Char Jackson]

No, that is different. That determines what details are shown, like
"Hide extensions for known file types," but not how they are shown, like
"Large Icons," or "List," or "Details."

How about Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View | Apply To
Folders (You can apply the view, such as Details or Icons, that you
are using for this folder to all folders of this type.)

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

How about Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View | Apply To
Folders (You can apply the view, such as Details or Icons, that you
are using for this folder to all folders of this type.)

Nope. Try it. It applies the detail options to all folders, but not the
view option.

 

[Jeff Layman]

Nope. Try it. It applies the detail options to all folders, but not the
view option.

You are correct. It's ages since I tried it.

I am sure that it was possible to set all folders to the same view in
XP. Or have I got that wrong too as it was so long ago?

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

You are correct. It's ages since I tried it.

I am sure that it was possible to set all folders to the same view in
XP. Or have I got that wrong too as it was so long ago?

I never ran XP. I think it was possible in Windows 2000, but I can't
even remember breakfast.