Of course,
if you want to make sure your templates are always used,
then turn off this option.
Although Vista is very good about remembering your customizations to each
of its templates, it??™s not very good about remembering which template to use
for a given folder, nor will it reliably choose the appropriate template based
on the contents. There are two ways around this.
First, if you don??™t foresee the need for thumbnails or special columns for
music or other media, then you may just as well customize each of the five
templates exactly the same way. That is, repeat the nine steps earlier in this
section for each template, choosing the same view, sort, and column settings
each time. That way, no matter which template Windows picks, you??™ll
get the view you want every single time.
The other way you can help Windows choose templates appropriately is to
be diligent about where you store your media files. For instance, if you put
all your digital photos in the Pictures folder??”or, designate the folder where
your pictures are stored as the official Pictures folder, as described in the
next section??”then Windows Explorer will be more likely to use the correct
template. Of course, it isn??™t foolproof, but in Windows Vista, what is?
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Choose a New Pictures Folder
One way Windows helps you organize your files is to direct different kinds
of content to different locations. There??™s a Music folder, a Videos folder, a
Saved Games folder, and a Pictures folder.
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