Save Open Dialog box View

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Whenever I go to open files (alright, almost always) I like to view the
details and then sort by date modified. I hate that every time I go to
File|Open in an application I have to reselect the view and sort. Is
there any way to make "Details" view permanent? The sort is less
important (it is one click).

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

The Sort part can be done. Close a folder window with the sort you want by Ctrl + the X on titlebar.

It MUST be done in a file folder (not My Computer or other special folders). This sets the system default sort. Nearly everything else but dialogs have their own sort setting that overrides the system default.

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"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <ronv@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23abdlSS7EHA.3856@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> michaeljc70@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Whenever I go to open files (alright, almost always) I like to view
>> the details and then sort by date modified. I hate that every time I
>> go to File|Open in an application I have to reselect the view and
>> sort. Is there any way to make "Details" view permanent? The sort is
>> less important (it is one click).
>
> This cannot be done natively in XP.
> You can accomplish what you want with a third party program. See the
> following link.
>
> File-Ex
> http://www.file-ex.com/welcome.html
>
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> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
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