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AKrubygal
08-16-2008, 11:47 PM
Okay, I have a question.......it's a nitzy thing that drives me crazy!

I am running XP Professional and I typically download my zip files and then unzip them to a specific directory. Most of the time, the items are in a separate directory under the directory to which I unzipped my files. When I look at the individual files they usually (but not always) display in the Filmstrip fashion (it's the default). I do a CTRL-A to select all the files and then I move them to the folder above it (the actual directory where things were unzipped). Often times (but not always), Windows XP automatically changes the view from Filmstrip to Tiles. I don't like that view since I can't "see" the picture, so I go up under the View menu and try to change it back to Filmstrip but Filmstrip is not an option. :( I usually change it to Thumbnail.

Okay, here's the real interesting thing. Now, if I do a Rename and change the name of the folder, and relook under my View menu, the Filmstrip option is once again available (not always but usually).

Is this a "drive me crazy" feature of XP Professional or something that I am doing??

Thanks for any tips you may have!

--AKrubygal

kimlizzy
08-19-2008, 10:04 PM
I'm no help I don't think. I have XP Home and when I download from SBE I download them into my main SBE folder and when I unzip them using Winzip I just right click and "extract to here". When I open the unzipped folder I have the "icon" view. I then change it to "thumbnail". I have my SBE folders named as SBE1, SBE2 etc. When I move the unzipped folder into the latest SBE7 folder the view is back to "icon" but once open the folder and change it to "thumbnail" it stays that way.

In Tools/Folder Options click on the View tab and you can opt to have all folders set to the same view. Maybe that will help?