Doesn't Seem to Work

[DrXenos]

This tool doesn't seem work correctly (or else I'm doing something wrong).
I've defined all the customized folder types, submitted the changes. Explorer will reset as expected. I can customize my folders and they seem to be ok, but when I come back to them later or just reopen file explorer, they will be all reset back to general items.

[LesFerch]

You're defining defaults by folder type, not folder path. Explorer determines the folder type based on contents. Are those folders empty or contain a mix of file types?

[DrXenos]

I defined the defaults in your tool, then customized the folders in explorer. Windows 11 automatic folder type detection keeps clobbering my customized folders. Google's search AI said your tool would inhibit that. Is that not true? I apologize for wasting your time, if it's not.

Basically, I want the old Windows 10 behavior back (but I don't want to use the Windows 10 file explorer, because I also want the tabs that the Windows 11 explorer provides).

[LesFerch]

The "Apply this template to all subfolders" is broken in Windows 11. That's documented in the WinSetView manual. I've been hounding Microsoft to fix it for 4 years.

If the majority files in each folder match the folder type you want, AFTD should set it correctly.

Otherwise, you can set each folder individually and it should stick. Or use my SetFolderType tool to set a whole directory tree.

Those workarounds work on NTFS local disks.

[DrXenos]

OK, thank you. These are multi-level media folders (movies, TV, music, etc.) on a NAS accessed through a net drive via SMB. Will your tool work with that?

[LesFerch]

Only if the properties for that volume display as "NTFS" and "Local disk". Otherwise, currently, only the Windows 10 Explorer will set the folder type correctly for the whole directory tree.

[DrXenos]

Dang. OK, thanks for your help.