Changing Multiple Smart Playlists View Options

Hello
I have lots of smart playlists in different folders in my iTunes Library.
Is there any way to change the view options for multiple smart playlists in iTunes 10?
Many Thanks
Shaun

droydi,
I had the same problem on 10.6.1.
The solutions seem to leave out a few caveats.
I got it working for me on Windows by...
Under Library, Click your "Music" library.
Under the "View" menu, make sure that "as List" is ticked! (This was the stumble for me as mine was "as album list" and none of the solutions worked)
Under "View" again, click "View Options", in the window that pops up select your columns.
Rearrange your columns. (I didnt do this step)
From now on a new playlist will get the colums (and ordering?) you set up for the Library-Music "as List" view.
You can change the Library - Music view to "as Album List" or anything else if you want and a new playlist will still use the "as List" settings
Hope it helps
-Pat

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