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Remah · 19. Feb 2014, 12:36 PM

I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you but I have had no problems setting the default view in Windows Explorer. I have 64-bit Windows 7 set to show details by default and it works for the Open and Save dialogs in Firefox and Microsoft Office. It works the same in 64-bit Windows 8.

Possible reasons why it doesn't work:

not applying it to all folders (of that type) in Folder Options dialog | View tab | Folders View | Apply to Folders button
only applying it to only one type of folder when opening from or saving to a different folder type

See How to Customize the Five Windows Folder Templates

19. Feb 2014, 12:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Remah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,741	I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you but I have had no problems setting the default view in Windows Explorer. I have 64-bit Windows 7 set to show details by default and it works for the Open and Save dialogs in Firefox and Microsoft Office. It works the same in 64-bit Windows 8. Possible reasons why it doesn't work: not applying it to all folders (of that type) in Folder Options dialog \| View tab \| Folders View \| Apply to Folders button only applying it to only one type of folder when opening from or saving to a different folder type See How to Customize the Five Windows Folder Templates __________________ Better to light a candle ... than to curse the darkness.