Default directories in vista

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You can also change the order of the categories by dragging their headings left or right. There's no guarantee some Windows update or program installation won't reset all my folder views.

In fact, I expect Vista to revert to its content-sniffing ways before long. Maybe by then Microsoft will have wised up and given us the ability to set a single view for all folders in Vista, no matter what. Well, I can dream, can't I? Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Change the default folder view in Vista With a few minutes of folder clicking, you can stop Vista's content sniffing and get the view you prefer in all your folders.

Dennis O'Reilly. Change your folder view in Vista via the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box. Microsoft Back in Explorer, click each folder in the left pane in succession, and whenever a folder doesn't have the view you want, repeat the steps above.

Change the categories shown in Vista's Details view by right-clicking a heading and making your selections. I've never changed default directory. VS picked where VS had left and years ago I placed all my project in that folder and VS had no option but comply. Jacobo Polavieja wrote: If you are in XP Don't you have another "Visual Studio " folder under "My Documents"? I had the same problem that you described and was finally able to fix it by following the instructions on Stack Overflow.

Basically, it involves opening regedit and modifing the registry key:. You can then set the new location for the backup directory. That solution is working for me! Agree, having program settings files in the My Documents directory is not very convenient and can even be dangerous. Here is a script to change the VS user paths for good. To revert to default just change MyDocumentsLocation to something else. There is a good chance the VS directories keep popping up again, without any good reason.

It's safe just to delete them. The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums V. Visual C IDE. Sign in to vote. Tuesday, April 8, PM. Friday, April 11, AM.

If you are in XP Wednesday, April 9, AM. Are you talking about Web site projects or winform projects? I think in case of Web sites, VS creates these folders to store the solution files. If you are working with Winform projects, you will be able to use a path as you specify when you create a new project.

Wednesday, April 9, PM. Atul Gupta wrote: Are you talking about Web site projects or winform projects? After a while it created a folder named "Backup files" in that folder I didn't want.

I suppose it has to be there for VS safety reasons, but didn't know how to redirect that to the folder I wanted. Right now I'm back to XP and as long as I've been with it also redirecting everything to the folder I prefer , there isn't any folder that I don't want like in Vista.