Windows 10: Backup and Restore Folder View Settings in Windows 10

How to: Backup and Restore Folder View Settings in Windows 10

How to Backup and Restore Folder View Settings in Windows 10


Information In Windows, you can change the layout view of the content of your folders to how you like.

This tutorial will show you how to backup and restore folder view settings for any account in Windows 10.



Here's How:

1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .bat file below.
Backup_and_Restore_Folder_View_Settings_Tool.bat

Download



Note This .bat file will only apply a backup and restore for the current account.

This below is the contents of this .bat file for reference:

Code:

2. Save the .bat file to your desktop.

3. Unblock the .bat file.

4. Run the .bat file.

5. Do what you would like to do in the Backup and Restore Folder View Settings Tool. (see screenshots below)


Note BACKUP:
When you create a backup of your folder view settings, a Folder View Settings Backup folder will be saved to your desktop containing the exported .reg files from the registry for your folder view settings. You can save this folder where you like for safe keeping.

RESTORE:
When you wish to restore a back up of your folder view settings, you will need to first have the Folder View Settings Backup folder on your desktop with this exact same name to do so.
















That's it,
Shawn


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Windows 10 keeps forgetting my default view

Marcos,

When you apply to all folders you will see the explanation right above that button - "all folders of this type".

There is some guidance on setting up folder views for each folder type in
Customization Change Folder Template - TenForums

To preserve your settings in case a Windows update changes them, see
Backup and restore Default folder views - Forum article

Denis

 

File Explorer in Windows 10

Dick,

Okay.

Do you know how to
customise Documents, Music, Video, Pictures folder views?

Do you know that you can
backup & restore your customised Documents, Music, Video, Pictures folder views?

Denis

 

Hello Ahmmad, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

It will only restore the folder views to how they were when backed up. It will not rename or create folders.

 

Thank U Brink for your quick reply *Smile
I see, but I mean now i must make clean install of windows 10 , and I ll re install a new one , i ll not change any folder name .
i mean that if i restore this back up after clean installation of windows it ll return back the folders sorts and views i made before ?

 

The backup will only be able to restore the folder views of the folders that exist now and were included in the backup.

If the folders are not the same, then their folder views will not be restored since they were not included in the backup.

 

I cant believe it , *Biggrin*Biggrin*Biggrin really after clean installation of windows ? oh my god
thank alot Brink , u r really a genius

 

This sounded like the solution to my disappearing settings on my Acer laptop -Other laptops don't have this problem. After removing "Type" and ordering name, date, size for "General Items"and "Documents", I ran the restore operation. The next day after waking/rebooting it's back to the original settings - but the Restore function does not change it back. First, why can't Windows remember these settings, and why does your batch program not work on my system?
Acer Aspire SW3-013 Notebook ~~ drive C: 32GB SSD ~~ drive D: 64GB SD card
Windows 10 Home 32-bit v1607 b14393.479

 

Hello WaterCat, *Smile

When you tried to restore your backed up folder view settings, did you do this below first? Just have to verify.

 

I moved the folder Folder View Settings Backup to D:\Tools\Folder View Settings Backup and edited the script (example below). When Explorer exits, the screen blanks, but it does not restart (running the command from a command prompt works fine.)
set FFF=D:\TOOLS
...
IF EXIST "%FFF%\Folder View Settings Backup" goto :response1
...
REG IMPORT "%FFF%\Folder View Settings Backup\HKCU_Software_Microsoft_Windows_Shell_BagMRU.reg"

 

Yeah, it would be best to copy the folder to your desktop, and use the .bat as is to avoid potential issues like this.

 

I'm amazed to report that after a sleep cycle and unrelated driver updates and reboots, the folder views appears to be holding! A Windows mystery that solved itself? Maybe I won't need the script!

 

i'm assuming after a clean install of 10 for this to work properly if i have say movies on h then before i run this if movies is f i need to change it to h, so on and so fourth, right? i just don't see it searching the system for the various folders.

 

Hello ChaChaLaBoom, *Smile

That's correct. If the the paths are not the same as they were in the backup, then those wouldn't be applied.

 

might want to clarify that in the first post, cause some aren't going to realize that.