I don't disagree with you there. I would also like more control over how the
folders are displayed.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> @Kerry : Yes and I totally agree on that. But this is a matter of
> individual
> user or system rights but not of the folder layout. It just doesn't make
> any
> sense to use concepts like "Folder Types" on the root file system, because
> there aren't any pictures in there (and as I said it was just a test). The
> whole folder type idea only makes sense within certain folders where the
> user
> keeps his pictures/videos/documents...
>
> But then again, why do I need Windows to recognize videos as videos within
> my "Video"-Folder??? I can still change the folder view manually when i
> consider it to be appropriate. Windows 95/98/2000/XP worked just fine like
> that. OK, it kinda looks cool to have all those fancy thumbnails but
> actually
> it gets really annoying after some time, especially in folders containing
> things other than media files.
>
> After all, people sometimes do actually need to work with Windows and the
> Explorer still is a file manager and not a picture viewer. You got stuff
> like
> AC/DC for that!
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> It's mostly an organizational issue. It's never been a good practice to
>> create files in the root of a drive. The simpler you keep the tree
>> structure
>> the easier it is to find things and to backup data. Allowing users to
>> create
>> files in the root of the system drive can also be a security problem. As
>> rights normally propagate from the root you then have to go in and
>> explicitly block inheritance on subfolders to restrict access. For the
>> best
>> security this should be the other way around. You should need to block
>> inheritance to grant access not restrict access. This ensures that users
>> (and malware) will not accidently get access to write to system files.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2
>>
>> "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > Mmmh.. I used the root folder just to test Vista's behaivior. And btw
>> > why
>> > shouldn't I use the C: folder? I somehow got the weird attitute my OS
>> > should
>> > do what I want and not hide files or even entire folders from me. On
>> > the
>> > other hand, you get the feeling MS does not want users to look into
>> > certain
>> > folders and to really administrate their own computer because they hide
>> > entire folders by default!
>> >
>> > But never mind, I fixed it :-). You can turn the whole "folder type"
>> > thingy
>> > off by modifying the registry.
>> >
>> > Thanks again for your answers,
>> >
>> > Thomas
>>
>>