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View
Here you can determine how folder windows and the elements they contain are to be displayed.
Windows XP:
Under Window, you specify whether the tree view of directories in a folder window is always to be
visible, whether the folder window last opened on logon is to be restored, whether compressed ZIP files
are to be displayed as folders, and whether a details bar is to be displayed.
Under View settings, you can use the slide control to determine how many folder views should be
stored.
Windows Vista and Windows 7:
Under Window, you specify whether the menu bar in a folder window should always be visible, whether
compressed ZIP files should be displayed as folders and whether a details bar should be shown. In
Windows Vista, you can also specify whether the most recently opened folder window should be
restored at logon.
List
Here you adjust the display of additional information in a folder window to suit your specific
requirements.
The Pop-ups with detailed information section determines whether a tooltip displaying additional
information should be shown when the mouse cursor is moved over a file or folder in a folder window.
Under Icon arrangement, you specify whether the files should only be sorted alphabetically or whether
they should be arranged logically according to numerical values and the alphabet.
Under Encrypted and compressed files you can specify that both file types be marked with a certain
color. By default, compressed files are blue and encrypted files are green.
Windows XP and Windows Vista only:
In addition you can define the color assignment to suit your needs via the Edit button.
Thumbnails
Windows XP:
Windows can show thumbnail images in a given folder as appropriate for a collection of photos. Here
you determine the size and quality of these preview images. The standard size is 96 pixels. You can
enter a different value if you wish. You specify the quality using the slide control.
The higher the picture quality, the more disk space the thumbnails take up. Under Cache, you specify
whether these thumbnails should be temporarily saved to a file called THUMBS.DB. This file is also
stored in the folder and allows the thumbnails to be loaded particularly quickly in the future.
Selection
Here you can set the color of the selection rectangle that should be used in folder windows. This