Sorry, Elise...the reason I didn't answer this is becuz, as far as I know, there is no way to set the default view in the Open and Save As windows in the Office programs...so, I was waiting for someone else to chime in if there was a way...and now Greg has chimed in and verified what I thought. And the rest of your question pertains to Windows, which is not part of Office and therefore, not addressed in this group. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elise Miller Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:31 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] repost: views Hi all, Below is a question I posted last week. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm running Office XP on Windows 2000 Professional. When I open Explorer windows, or the Save As window, or the Open window, I like to see the "details" view of all the contents. I often have to change it from large icons to details over and over -- the changes don't hold. Then other times, even if it's already in details, some of the fields aren't showing and I have to put them back in. Usually it's just the name or just the name and size showing, and I have to manually add the modified field so I can sort by date. It's not a huge deal, but it's a little annoying to have to change the view all the time. It happens in the same folder many times on the same day -- so I'll go into one folder, make the change in view, and then go back a little later and have to make that change again. Is there any way to either get all the views to be consistent all the time, or to get those changes to hold? Thanks! Elise ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************