Windows 10: Reset Folder View Batch File Assistance?

Hello,

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
Version: 10.0.19042 Build 19042
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Platform Role: Desktop
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 8.00 GB

I have been spending time over the past few days tinkering with Windows Explorer folder view sorts of things.

I happened upon a forum post with a .batch script posted by Brink that SHOULD default all Windows Explorer folder views to their defaults, more-or-less. Forum Thread: Reset Folder View Settings to Default in Windows 10

I modified the formatting to something I currently prefer, but the functionality should be intact. This can be read below:
@Echo off

echo /F SPECIFIES A FORCE CLOSE
echo /IM SPECIFIES AN ITEM THAT IS BEING FORCIBLY CLOSED
echo /HKCU is HKEY_CURRENT_USER
echo MRU is Most Recently Used

echo.

echo 1. RESETS THE FOLDER VIEW SETTINGS OF ALL FOLDERS

echo.

echo 1.1. REMOVES THE POSITIONS OF ICONS IN THE FOLDER FOR DESKTOP (WINDOWS XP)
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F

echo.

echo 1.2. REMOVES FOLDER VIEW SETTINGS, WINDOW SIZE, AND POSITION (WINDOWS XP)
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU" /F

echo.

echo 1.3. REMOVES FOLDER VIEW SETTINGS, AND POSITIONS OF ICONS ON DESKTOP (32-BIT)(WINDOWS VISTA AND LATER)
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F

echo.

echo 1.4. REMOVES FOLDER VIEW SETTINGS, AND POSITIONS OF ICONS ON DESKTOP (64-BIT)(WINDOWS VISTA AND LATER)
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F

echo.

echo 2. RESETS "APPLY TO FOLDERS" VIEW TO DEFAULT FOR ALL FOLDER TYPES
REG Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults" /F

echo.

echo 3. RESETS THE SIZE OF DETAILS, NAVIGATION, AND PREVIEW PANES TO DEFAULT FOR ALL FOLDERS
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Modules\GlobalSettings\Sizer" /F

echo.

echo 4. FORCES WINDOWS EXPLORER CLOSED AND RESTARTS IT
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

echo.

echo Date Run: %date%%time%

echo.

echo 5. PAUSES THE SCRIPT AND AWAITS KEY INPUT TO CLOSE TO EXIT
pause

This seemed to work, at least, initially.

However, there's a folder on the Desktop that I had configured to be a MUSIC type folder (RIGHT-CLICK/PROPERTIES/CUSTOMIZE/OPTIMIZE THIS FOLDER FOR) for testing purposes.

I had noticed that this folder is not defaulting away from the MUSIC folder type upon running Brink's script.

I could be mistaken (Didn't document it at the time), but the Desktop folder MIGHT have defaulted from the MUSIC folder type previously, but then stopped defaulting from the MUSIC folder type upon running this .batch script:
@Echo off

:: /F SPECIFIES A FORCE CLOSE
:: /IM SPECIFIES AN ITEM THAT IS BEING FORCIBLY CLOSED

:: APPLIES GENERAL ITEMS TYPE TO ALL FOLDERS
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell" /V FolderType /T REG_SZ /D NotSpecified /F

:: FORCES WINDOWS EXPLORER CLOSED AND RESTARTS IT
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

:: PAUSES THE SCRIPT AND AWAITS KEY INPUT TO CLOSE TO EXIT
pause

If I re-run this script above, it will change the folder type away from MUSIC, to GENERAL ITEMS. But the initial script posted by Brink at the top of this post no longer seems to have any bearing on folders located on the desktop.

I have spent hours combing through info., but am unable to find what exactly the reason for this might be.

If anyone can find out what registry items I would need to remove, or add to Brink's script to default customized folder types on the desktop to their respective defaults, that would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

:)

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Very nice and usefull thanks for contributing.

 

Batch file

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