Anyone?... Set View Options Default to 'This window only'

I came across this discussion (below) that I could not find a solution for. Why does the View Options window always default to 'All Windows'? Usually when you are changing a window setting, you are doing it for that window. Obviously you should not have to change the All Windows settings that often right?
There has got to be some plist settings (which I could not find) that will automatically set the View Options to 'This Window Only' rather than 'All Windows'.
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Subject: Change Show View Options Default to 'This window only' ??
Message: I find it very annoying that the finder's default in show view options goes to 'All Windows' rather than 'This Window Only' -- i end up constantly chaning the appearance of folders, much to my chagrin. Is there any way to have the default be on 'This window only" ??
Thanks!
PowerBook G4 1.33Ghz / G5 Tower Dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.2) BBedit, Launchbar (obdev.com), Gmail, Sony Ericsson Z520a, Interarchy, Shuffle

Yes, I too find the default maddening and know of no way to change it. AFAIK the behavior is hard coded into the Finder. I would be delighted if that were not the case... You can always send Feedback on the issue:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
Of course, considering the number of Finder problems I doubt anything much will come of it, but you never know.
Francine
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By default, all Show View Options panes are set to "All windows". Is it possible to change the default to "This window only"?
I regularly change icon sizes for various folders, but never for all windows. So every time that I use the Show View Options pane, it's an annoying "click This window only" process.
screen capture of Show View Options pane
http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/11080/2003481958008021751_rs.jpg
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The default is for any window you have not previously opened and set to have All Windows as the default, for List and Icon Views. Once you click This Window Only and make your settings, then every time you open that particular folder it should remain at the This Window setting.
I find the default of All Windows really really annoying, but I am aware of no way to change this. Send Feedback to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
It should be a user settable global preference, but it isn't.
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View Options defaults to "All Windows"

I've seen other unresolved posts. Maybe this has been corrected in newer versions of OS X. Is there a plist setting that will configure the "View Options" to default to "This window only", instead of "All Windows"? I don't know how many times I've changed the size of my icons in a folder, only to find that I've changed them everywhere. Any one know a way around this?
Thanks,
Alfredo

What we were referring to is what happens when you create a new folder and bring up View Options: at the top the default that is automatically checked is All Windows. If you unthinkingly set various view options for that folder, without checking the This Window Only, then those options will be applied to all new folders, and all folders that do not already have settings of their own. However, folders that you have at some point selected and checked the This Window option, then set custom view options for it, will be unaffected.
I suspect the problem that you are running into is that folders you have previously worked with will not be changed. Try this:
1. Create a new folder, bring up View Options, leave the All Windows checked
2. Run through List view and Icon view and make some settings
3. Leave the View options window open and then start opening some folders that you are unlikely to have ever opened before
4. Those that you haven't worked with should show the All Windows box checked, and display your new settings when you change to the various views
5. Windows you have set before will have the This Window Only box checked, and display whatever options you previously set for them
While this can all be confusing, and frustrating, it works for people who use different options in different folders for different purposes. If you could inadvertantly wipe out all the choices you had made for special purposes with one forgetful moment people would be even more distraught than they are now.
To accomplish what you want leave the settings you want check for All in a new folder. Every time you open a folder that isn't that way, and it has This Window checked, you'll need to change it to your preference. Eventually all the folders you use will be what you want, and all new folders will inherit the All Window settings you have chosen.
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"This window only" as default?

Does anybody know of a way to change the Finder's View Options so that "This window only" is marked by default?
Is there, maybe, a plist which i could edit?
(Reason: most of the time, i invoke "show view options" just to set the icon size in the finder window -- but i want to set it always only for the current window.)
All kinds of suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards,
Gabriel.

I wish! This is one of the most perpetually annoying default behaviors of the Finder. I suspect that it is hard coded into the Finder itself rather controlled by some easily hacked plist. When you bring up the View Options for a window, and then change things, the changes are written to the .DS_Store file for that folder. So I'm guessing the process, from the initial options dialog window to the writing of the .DS_Store file, is in fact a part of the Finder's code. But I would be delighted if I'm wrong about this and there is something that can be done, other than sending Apple a plea for a changed default behavior at Feedback.
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View Options - How to Choose "This Window Only"

I want to have different view settings for different windows, but I can't find a way to do so. I have read online, and several people mentions some checkbox or radio button allowing you to choose "All Windows" or "This Window Only". I don't have either of those buttons. How do I set view options for just one window?

Open a Finder window, in the Finder menu bar select the View option, then at the bottom of the menu select "Show View Options" and, at the very top of the Options window you'll see the radio button to click to "Always open in..." (with the ... being whatever view you have the window in).
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What we were referring to is what happens when you create a new folder and bring up View Options: at the top the default that is automatically checked is All Windows. If you unthinkingly set various view options for that folder, without checking the This Window Only, then those options will be applied to all new folders, and all folders that do not already have settings of their own. However, folders that you have at some point selected and checked the This Window option, then set custom view options for it, will be unaffected.
I suspect the problem that you are running into is that folders you have previously worked with will not be changed. Try this:
1. Create a new folder, bring up View Options, leave the All Windows checked
2. Run through List view and Icon view and make some settings
3. Leave the View options window open and then start opening some folders that you are unlikely to have ever opened before
4. Those that you haven't worked with should show the All Windows box checked, and display your new settings when you change to the various views
5. Windows you have set before will have the This Window Only box checked, and display whatever options you previously set for them
While this can all be confusing, and frustrating, it works for people who use different options in different folders for different purposes. If you could inadvertantly wipe out all the choices you had made for special purposes with one forgetful moment people would be even more distraught than they are now.
To accomplish what you want leave the settings you want check for All in a new folder. Every time you open a folder that isn't that way, and it has This Window checked, you'll need to change it to your preference. Eventually all the folders you use will be what you want, and all new folders will inherit the All Window settings you have chosen.
Francine
Francine
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Setting 'View Options, All Windows', not remembered?

I've just replaced my G5 iMac with a 20-inch Intel Core Duo model and I'm having a Finder problem.
When I go into 'View Options' and change the setting from 'This window only' to 'All windows', it keeps switching itself back to 'This window only'. I'll reset it and it will change the window views for a time, but after the window is closed and I go back to it later, it hasn't remembered that I chaged it to 'All windows" and the items I'm trying to view are all over the place rather than being snapped to a grid or being kept arranged by kind. This is very (VERY) annoying!
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If you really want to reset all of your settings for all folders then you can delete all the .DS_Store files. In Terminal, type the following:
find ~/ -name .DS_Store -exec rm -i '{}' ';'
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Type carefully. If you get bored typing 'y' after a while and you're sure it's only deleting .DS_Store files then you can remove the '-i' part.
I should have added that then you have to relaunch finder to see the changes.
Message was edited by: chris_R

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Hi,
When trying to create a background image for a disk image for distribution, the radio button for "This window only" is missing. I read instructions on the web on how to set the background image, make the file invisible in the Terminal. It will work on the 10.6 system that created it, but will not show on another computer. (Mac OS does not matter)
I eventually had to do this on an old system with Tiger 10.4 . There when looking at View Options, the radio button is there labeled 'This window only' . I created the disk image and voila' it will keep the background image for any other computer.
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