From: "Rich Gauszka" 

This may help

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1480933&SiteID=17
Be aware that the 'Apply to Folders' option only affects folders of the
same type or template, e.g. 'All Items', 'Documents', 'Pics & Video',
etc. So if you want to set list view as the default for all the major
folder types, you need to use 'Apply to Folders' five times, once from each
type of folder.



That being said, you can force the 'All Items' template on to all folders
with the following:

Copy the text between the lines below into notepad & save as a .reg
file. Watch out for line wrap -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...\Shell] is all one
line, there is a space between 'Local' and 'Settings'.

--------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

--------------------------------------------------

Merging the .reg file will set the 'All Items' template for any folders
that don't currently have a view saved with a different template.  You can
clear all saved views by deleting the

"HKCU\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags"

key BEFORE merging the .reg file.  If any folders open with a different
template after clearing the 'Bags' key & merging the .reg file, they
most likely have a template specified via their desktop.ini file.





"Geo."  wrote in message
news:4675f23e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4675a290{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> When you are in Folder Properties - Customize tab
>> you can choose what the folder will be a template for (Pictures and
>> Videos,
>> Documents, All Items etc )
>
> Yes wonderful, but there is no easy way to see what the default settings
> for each folder type are or to set each without following that braindead
> procedure to change to each, modify it, save it as system wide and then
> move on to the next.
>
> Where do you tell the system how to decide what type of folder something
> is? In other words, if I have 5 text files, 8 mpg files, 2 avi files, 9
> jpg files and 11 mp3 files, what is the folder template it's going to
> choose?
>
> Geo.

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