Changing File Open Dialog Appearance

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For years I've wondered how to permanently keep the "view" I prefer to use
in a fileopen dialog. For example, when I use Notepad, I always get the
same view and have to a) expand the window, b) click on Details to get the
listing I want, and c) sort by reverse date to get the order I want.

Is there any way to make these settings "stick" across uses of this and
other programs?

Thanks!

 

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Hi Michel,

It is not possible to save the views for the common dialogs.

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"Michel Gelobter" <gelobternews@gelobter.com> wrote in message
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> For years I've wondered how to permanently keep the "view" I prefer to use
> in a fileopen dialog. For example, when I use Notepad, I always get the
> same view and have to a) expand the window, b) click on Details to get the
> listing I want, and c) sort by reverse date to get the order I want.
>
> Is there any way to make these settings "stick" across uses of this and
> other programs?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

 

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Michel Gelobter wrote:
> For years I've wondered how to permanently keep the "view" I prefer
> to use in a fileopen dialog. For example, when I use Notepad, I
> always get the same view and have to a) expand the window, b) click
> on Details to get the listing I want, and c) sort by reverse date to
> get the order I want.
> Is there any way to make these settings "stick" across uses of this
> and other programs?
>
> Thanks!


You can accomplish what you want with a third party shareware program.
Go to the following website and download the fully functional demo of Dialog
Exerciser.


DlgXRSizer:
http://www.gajits.com/dlgxrsizer.asp

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