4. Set your view settings, column headers, and sorting to your taste.
5. Open the Organize drop-down, select Folder and Search Options, and
then choose the View tab.
6. Click the Apply to Folders button, answer Yes, and then click OK.
7. Repeat steps 3??“6 for each of the other four templates: Documents, Pictures
and Videos, Music Details, and Music Icons.
That??™s it; now you have five identical templates, and you no longer need to
care whether or not Vista knows what kind of files are in each folder.
Start Explorer with Any Folder
For the most part, you get the same window when you double-click a folder
icon on your desktop as when you use the Windows Explorer shortcut in
your Start menu. But the latter, without a target, simply dumps you in your
home folder.
To customize the folder that Windows Explorer opens by default, you need
to create a custom Windows Shortcut. To start, right-click an empty space
on your desktop and select New ??? Shortcut.
Missing the Customize Tab?
If you don??™t see the Customize tab in the Properties window for a folder, all
you need is a quick Registry hack to fix the problem.
Open the Registry Editor (see Chapter 3) and expand the branches to HKEY_
CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers. Look for a subkey
named {ef43ecfe-2ab9-4632-bf21-58909dd177f0}; if it isn??™t there, create a
new key with that name by going to Edit ??? New ??? Key.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
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