View Options default settings

I am fairly new to iTunes/iPod. Recently got 80 GB video iPod that I use with Win XP. I want to change the default settings for View Options. I don't want several of the categories that are selected by default and I want to permanently add other categories. I can't find a way to change the default settings. Every time I open my iPod with iTunes, it displays the same set of categories and I have to change the selected categories manually - annoying. Is there a way to change the selected categories in View Options permanently? Nothing about this in iTunes Help.
Dell Inspiron e1405   Windows XP Pro  

I have this exact same issue and it's really annoying. A little help?

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    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'.
    --> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=702637
    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!
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    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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  • 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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    I can choose my settings, then make default. Some folders will accept it and others won't. I've searched the web and see others with the same problem. Is there an easy solution? Switching through folders only to have different finder views is really annoying.
    Bryan

    Thanks KT-- I finally got it. After using Cocktail, DS_Store Terminator, another app, and a terminal command, then finally a restart, all seems well. I finally have all of my finder windows to my default view.
    I'll bet Cocktail and then a restart would have worked though, but I didn't restart until the last step.
    Anyway, it's good now.
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    Is there any way to change the options selected by default when a CD is read in or when a playlist is clicked. I find that I virtually always have to go to the 'View Options' command to enable the 'Composer' field. How can I make this field be displayed automatically?
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    PS I posted this question already but in the wrong forum -sorry! Is there any way to move a question from one forum to another, if you post it wrong?

    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
    Schwieder

  • Itunes View Options - Can U change the default settings?

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    Time it was possible, don't you think?
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    screen capture of Show View Options pane
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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:
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  • Changing default 'View Options'

    Is there any way to change the options selected by default when a CD is read in or when a playlist is clicked. I find that I virtually always have to go to the 'View Options' command to enable the 'Composer' field. How can I make this field be displayed automatically?
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    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...
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  • Is it possible to create a new tab in 'Default settings for items' option?

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    I am Raghu working in EBP2.0 & I have come across a difficlty and that is of creating a new tab and also the fields 'GL a/c', 'cost centre' or 'internal order' in this new tab.
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    hi Ram & Sreenivas
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    Ram, we can default GL a/c & cost centre in org structure since client wants to us to keep the option of entering these for every shopping cart.
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  • How can I make folder View Options the default in Snow Leopard?

    Hi everybody! Here I am, learning to Mac!
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    Francine
    Francine
    Schwieder

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