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make Large Icon the default in Windows 10 File explorer

Anonymous
2020-11-19T05:17:56+00:00

Hello, I would like to make Large Icon the default view mode in Windows 10 File Explorer.  And I have tried these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer
  2. Open a folder and on the Home Tab, in the Layout section, choose Large Icons or whatever is your preferred view
  3. Then click the Options button at the end of the View Tibbon
  4. On the View Tab on the resulting dialog, click 'Apply to folders' and confirm that
  5. Click Apply and OK

But when I get to step 4, the "Apply to folders" is not active, as you can see in the screenshot I attached

can someone help me, please?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-19T05:39:30+00:00

    Hi Greg, thank you for answering but I guess you didn't read my question fully, because I mentioned that I followed exactly those steps you just shared, but the problem is that the "Apply to folders" button is not active.

    I even included a screenshot to show what is the problem

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  2. Les Ferch 10,326 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-04-08T02:14:34+00:00

    To set your Explorer default view to Large icons view globally, have it apply to all new folders, and never get reverted back to Microsoft defaults, you can use a tool I wrote. It's called WinSetView and it's available on GitHub. See the Readme for full details.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-19T05:25:50+00:00

    Hi Fabrice. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

    See how to set up and fix a default folder view in Explorer:

    https://www.thewindowsclub.com/set-default-fold...

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/35093-apply...

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/34119-chang...

    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-reset-folder...

    https://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-folder-view...

    I hope this helps. Based on what you report back I can answer any questions and may have other steps to perform. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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