Windows 10: How to change the default Music template

It was easy to do in previous versions of Windows, but not obvious in Win 10.
I just want to add the bitrate column to the template. So all current and any new Music folders are correct automatically.
I don't want to do it manually--painful for many hundreds of folders, and reset doesn't preserve settings.

I have music on many different drives, and often plug in thumb drives or other portable drives.

:)

 

How to change the Music folder template

[sequence corrected 14 June 2017 - 1 & 2 were the wrong way around so the solution would only work for those who had previously set the folder to be a Music type folder]

• In File explorer, right-click on the folder in the Navigation pane, select
  Properties, Customise, Optimise this folder for -
  Music.
• Set up the folder the way you want it [the type of View, the columns that appear in the Details view, the sort order].
• Click on the File tab at the top of File explorer, select
  Options [in older versions, Change folder & search options], select the
  View tab.
• Click on Apply to folders i.e. apply what you have just done to all folders of the type
  Music

All existing & future Music folders will now appear the way you have just set up. You can set up all other folders types the same way [the different types are shown in the dropdown list you saw at
Optimise this folder for.

Denis

 

How to change the Music folder template

Rich,

You spotted an error that had been sitting there for over a year. Thank you.

I have corrected it now and the procedure will work. You only need to set up the one
Music folder and its settings will be set onto every other Music
folder.

Denis