Windows 10: How to make view/sort options of File Explorer search results stick

File explorer simply instantly forgets about the view & sort options I apply to a search. I search something in a folder, Explorer lists the results in Contents view, I click the bottom-right icon and list them as large thumbnails, then I hit back & search again or view a result in its own folder, and hit back, and search again, and results are immediately back to Contents view. How do I make it so that Windows remembers my view options for searches instead of defaulting to Contents view every time?Oddly enough, this does not always happen. Sometimes like 20% of the time, when I hi

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setting default view for Winodws Explorer Search Reasults

Thank you for the detailed response. To change the search result's view from content to list, we suggest following the steps below:

• Open the File Explorer and try to search for files.
• In the toolbar, open the View tab and click List
  to change the view.
• Once changed, close the File Explorer.
• Open the File Explorer again and try to search to see if the setting has been retained.

After performing the steps above, reply back to us so we can provide additional help.

 

How do I change the default view for Windows 10 File Explorer search results?

After visiting several Windows 10 'Help' forums, I managed to fix the problem without help in any forum, by experimentation:

• Open Windows Explorer and write anything in the search box and hit enter (the search results are in Content view)
• Manually set the search results in view format that you want (using right-click, View ―> Layout options, or whatever)
• Click on the View tab and select Options on the far right and click on the Change folder and search options
• Select the Search tab and add any option (say, Include compressed files) and click on Apply
• Close Options panel, close Windows Explorer and reopen. Repeat step 1 and voil , the view format of your search results is back the way you like it. You can repeat steps 3 and 4 to undo the change you made to the Search options.

Now, I haven't rebooted, but if it doesn't stick after a reboot, I'll come back for a slice of humble pie.

Paul

 

How to I change the default view/sort order for Windows Explorer search results to Xtra Large Icons sorted by Name?

This question is nothing to do with Windows Explorer Folder View definitions (Document/Music/Video etc) but is about Windows Explorer saved searches - search-ms files.

Initial searches always display Content View sorted in some weird order - regardless of the View of the folder being searched. This seems to be the Windows Explorer default and I've tested it many times.

It is incredibly annoying as I have hundreds of search-ms files operating on my 80,000 plus images and I always want to see search results as Xtra Large Icons in Ascending Name order.

I change the View to Xtra Large Icons sorted by Name and save the search as a search-ms file - the text of which seems to contain the new definition I gave it.

Typically as soon as I save the search the screen refreshes back to the original Content/Weird Order but if I redefine View/Sort and re-save it a second time the second refresh is typically correct. Sometimes it takes a 3rd go-round to "stick".

Once the definition sticks the search-ms file will normally keep displaying correctly until one random day it doesn't - reverting back to the the default of Content/Weird Order - and the whole process has to be repeated.

I'm beyond caring why Windows Explorer is not referring to the search-ms file's defined View/Sort Order. How to I change the default view/sort order for Windows Explorer search results to Xtra Large Icons sorted by Ascending Name so that even if my definition
is being ignored the default view will now show me what I want.

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