Windows 10: Windows 10 Aniv (or older) Search Details view setting not persistent

I really like the details view. The File Explorer Details view works great on all folders. However when ever I search (which windows search sucks and is another story) it always REVERTS back to the CONTENT view, even though I set it to show DETAILS. I could not find a way for it to have the DETAILS view persist when I do search. I am posting a video that illustrates the issue
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In one folder for some reason it did stick to Details view , but not sure how.
I thought I can run the search and click on Folder options and Apply to all folders, but that is greyed out when in search.

it is just a nuisance

Thanks

:)

 

Windows 10 Aniversary update

When i tried to install the Aniv. update , it says there is error 0x80070020. I have another laptop that installed it with no problem and it is even an older laptop than the one i have an error on.

 

Explorer saved searches default to Content View/Descending Order in spite of being saved as Xtra Large Icon/Name (Ascending)

The nearest I've come is this article about changing the registry to set the default display to Details - http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/search-results-content-view-fix-details-windows-10/ using
the following regedit file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Fixes search results defaults to Content view.

;Sets Details view as the default search results view for Generic folders.

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\{7fde1a1e-8b31-49a5-93b8-6be14cfa4943}]

"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001

"Mode"=dword:00000004

However I don't know how to adapt this to default to Xtra Large Icons or how to change the sort order to Names/Ascending

Any ideas?

 

Hi, if I search a folder in file explorer, and set the display to, say, medium icons, and close explorer, and then repeat that with a different folder, but set the search results to, say, Details, then if I go back to the first folder and do a search, the display is medium icons. The same with the other folder.

I.e. the format of the search results is remembered for a particular folder.

What I think you are asking for is all search results to be presented in a particular view, the same for all folders. Is that correct?

 

Yes that's exactly what I want. However the first thing you described is not happening in my case. It just reverts back to content view. I want it to stick to details. For all folders

 

Unfortunately I'm not aware of any fix for this. Taking by contrast the simpler? case of simply how explorer views a folder being retained from one time to another, much has been discussed on that.

E.g.
Windows 10 not saving my folder view options. - Page 3 - Windows 10 Forums
Solved Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving - Page 26 - Windows 10 Forums

Do you find that you have a problem that having set a view for a particular folder, next time you open file explorer and open the same folder, the view is not the same?

 

Thanks for the reply and the direction

 

So I was not able to get the settings to stick for whenever I searched in Windows 10. It ALWAYS reverted back to Content view which I hate. I wanted it to Sort Date Modified and Details view.


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\ComDlg\{7FDE1A1E-8B31-49A5-93B8-6BE14CFA4943}\{BDBE736F-34F5-4829-ABE8-B550E65146C4}
"Mode"=dword:00000004
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\{7FDE1A1E-8B31-49A5-93B8-6BE14CFA4943}\{BDBE736F-34F5-4829-ABE8-B550E65146C4}]
"Mode"=dword:00000004
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\ComDlg\{7FDE1A1E-8B31-49A5-93B8-6BE14CFA4943}\{BDBE736F-34F5-4829-ABE8-B550E65146C4}
"Mode"=dword:00000004
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\{7FDE1A1E-8B31-49A5-93B8-6BE14CFA4943}\{BDBE736F-34F5-4829-ABE8-B550E65146C4}
"Mode"=dword:00000004
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{7fde1a1e-8b31-49a5-93b8-6be14cfa4943}
"Mode"=dword:00000004

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{7fde1a1e-8b31-49a5-93b8-6be14cfa4943}\TopViews\{bdbe736f-34f5-4829-abe8-b550e65146c4}
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001


Not sure these are affecting anything as my mode LogicalViewmode was set to 5 and it did not change the view for me.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{7fde1 a1e-8b31-49a5-93b8-6be14cfa4943}
"Mode"=dword:00000004

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{7fde1 a1e-8b31-49a5-93b8-6be14cfa4943}\TopViews\{bdbe736f-34f5-4829-abe8-b550e65146c4}
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001

If someone wants to change the Generic Folder view to Details and Column settings
Look for the {5c4f28b5-f869-4e84-8e60-f11db97c5cc7} GUID

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{5c4f28b5-f869-4e84-8e60-f11db97c5cc7}



Hope this helps someone out.

 

Hi MyTen,

Thanks for the post. *Wink

You changed the generic.SearchResults.
Did you create HKROOT and HKLM keys?

I don't have them.

Unfortunately, since libraries aren't folders but XML, I can't seem to find were to set view. Only remembers per folder not sub folders included.

LogicalViewMode | Value | Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Details | 1 | Details view
Tiles | 2 | Tiles view
Icons | 3 | Icons view
List | 4 | List view (Windows 7 and later)
Content | 5 | Content view (Windows 7 and later)

Mode | Value | Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Icon | 1 | Medium-size icons
Small icon | 2 | Small icons (seems unused)
List | 3 | Object names are displayed in a list view
Details | 4 | Object names and other selected information are shown
Thumbnail | 5 | Thumbnail icons
Tiles | 6 | Large icons
Thumbstrip | 7 | Display icons in a filmstrip format (XP only)
Content | 8 | Content mode (Windows 7 and later)

 

I am not sure tell you the truth. I used Procmon.exe from Systernals to monitor changes and realized the regs it was writing to. Maybe you can do that on your end.