Fixing Vista's Folder Views

I finally had enough of Vista seemingly randomly setting the folder view on me. It never seems to be right. I want a details view for everything, so I went digging for the answers and came up with the following.

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'.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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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.

Quotes

Just a few quotes I found while cruising the HAMB. The thread was created for car-related quotes and sayings, but I think that some of these apply to 'life'.

• After working on it you can climb in and go places. Who's got a cooler hobby?
• It's the pushing that matters, not the boundary.
• A lack of pre-planning on your part does in no way constitute an emergency on mine
• Proper planning prevents piss poor performance
• "Our Lady of Blessed acceleration, don't fail me now" Elwood J. Blues
• When you get done polishing a turd you still have a turd.
• Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.