Can I set a default finder window style?

I would like to set a default Finder window style that will affect all windows, new and old. I am able to set my default style to list, but I want to go beyond that. I want my windows to be lists, with only certain columns visible, I want the columns to be set to specific widths, and I want the windows to open as if the green button in the corner had been pressed.
In Windows it is fairly easy to set a default Explorer window style with this level of setting. Can I do it on my Mac? Some setting I am missing, or some third party program?
Thanks!

boombass wrote:
I tried your command, and after a while the Terminal window gets hung up on:
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
Just two of many that you shouldn't be worried about. These will reveal everything I know about them:
ls -al /dev/
ls -al /dev/fd/
I haven't a clue why running this is hanging up on your machine:
sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \;
As for why you're you're still having issues after setting up the initial folder, I haven't a clue, since it worked here when I had an issue with it.

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Hold down the Option key and drag the vertical column right or left as needed.
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Can I set the default locale for jvm?
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Pan

My windows default locale is chinese .I have thought of your opinion. But in
windows nt , if I change the locale , all the environment will be
destroyed(just like reinstall it , it's difficult for me) . So , Is there
any other approach?
Dimitri Rakitine <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Did you try to change the locale in the Windows control panel?
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Pan YangBin <[email protected]> wrote:
I have tried changing this system property and other properties such
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Chris Halstead <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Try adding -Duser.region=US to the java command line used to start
WebLogic...
-chris
"Pan YangBin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hi,
The problem exists in my project still exist.That is it.
When I did not set weblogic.jsp.encoding to GB2312 in my web
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output
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is
correct, but when I use request.getParameter("SomeFormElement")(theelement
inputed chinese), the return value is error(still chinese error).And
when
I
am in windows nt english version and do not set this property, all
these
two
problems dispear. And I try to compare the java files those were
generated
by weblogic from the jsp file , there is only two additional clause
in
the
java file. That's it:
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So, I think maybe it works well if I change the default locale toenglish.
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in
chinese environment)
Would you please help me to solve this problem?
Pan
Dimitri Rakitine <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Try java ... -Duser.language=en ...
or mode con cp select=437 in the command prompt before running
weblogic.
Pan YangBin <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm using weblogic server 5.1 sp6 in chinese environment, and I
want
weblogic compile my jsp with en_us locale . So I can't use
Locale.setDefault(new Locale(...)) to set the default locale ,butI
really
want someway configure.
Pan
Dimitri Rakitine <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Locale.setDefault(new Locale(...)) ?
Pan YangBin <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Can I set the default locale for jvm?
How to do it?
PanDimitri
Dimitri
Dimitri

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