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Let me explain what I am looking for. I have noticed that when I open a directory in Explorer, there is an automatic set of Details fields that are selected that depends on what type of file is predominant in the directory. And since I often play music from directories that have all WAV, FLAC or MP3 files (I am in the process of converting all the audio files I have to FLAC), Explorer sets the Detail fields for the ListControl as "Name", "#", "Title", "Contributing Artists" & "Album", which are the attributes typically set for the files when the CD is ripped. I would prefer the Detail fields just be "Name" & "Length" as I couldn't care less what album the track had been ripped from, and I change the "Name" so that it includes the "Artist" and as well an ID system that inherently organizes the tracks into temporal release order. I probably would do something similar for directories that have other files, although that doesn't seem to bother me as much.
Yes, I know I can change the fields with a menu command, but I'd like for it to be done automatically. Perhaps the detail list is set on some configuration file in the Windows directory or in the Registry?
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Looks to me like I can: Create a folder, put a music file in it, then right click on the column headings row and select the fields I want for that folder. It remembers it.
Edit: Oh yeah, I use a "real" file manager, not explorer. 
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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swampwiz wrote: and I change the "Name" so that it includes the "Artist" and as well an ID system that inherently organizes the tracks into temporal release order.
I'm not sure I quite understood that bit. Could you please ELI5?
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I am using Mp3Tag since years. It has also some functions for fetching the data from some online service.
It also gets the cover 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Those options can be set in Explorer, and can be different for different directories. Mess with the Registry at your peril.
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swampwiz wrote: I am in the process of converting all the audio files I have to FLAC
I cringe whenever I read something like that.
I hope that means you're re-ripping from the original source, and not, say, converting your 128kbps MP3s into FLACs...?
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That was exactly my first reaction when I first saw the OP's statement hours back, but I didn't want to be a smart aleck and ask him that 
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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I have no problem "being that guy". 
But back to the problem at hand: I really wish Explorer let you create templates to define what columns are shown/hidden based on the content of the folder. That is, if Explorer decides this is a music folder--and perhaps it could keep whatever algorithm it's already using to decide that--then use the set of columns I have defined for music, rather than picking its own. Or let me pick another one of my templates for any random folder.
Then if one day I decide to add one column to the template, then every folder using that template should include this additional column from that point forward.
Right now, the current approach of remembering all customizations for all folders, on a case-by-case basis, is really tedious to work with IMO. I've never found a good solution for it, unfortunately.
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dandy72 wrote: I have no problem "being that guy"
dandy72 wrote: I really wish Explorer let you create templates to define what columns are shown/hidden based on the content of the folder. That is, if Explorer decides this is a music folder--and perhaps it could keep whatever algorithm it's already using to decide that--then use the set of columns I have defined for music, rather than picking its own. Or let me pick another one of my templates for any random folder.
Then if one day I decide to add one column to the template, then every folder using that template should include this additional column from that point forward.
Something like this? First result for Windows Explorer templates from Google: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16694/customize-the-five-windows-folder-templates/
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread
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Something like this?
Kinda, but taken to the next level.
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Yes, I am putting everything in FLAC, just so that it is consistent, but I notate the original lossy compression value. And I know that that wastes space, but that's the way I roll.
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... to sleep through the nights again and finally get around to work on my model.
This[^] is the model's body as you could get it ready to use from the factory. Only little detail, a boring paint job and only few inaccurate decals.
That's why I got the unpainted version and tried to add more details, like panels, hatches, antennae, door handles and hinges and more. One very important detail are rows of rivets on an aircraft's body. Instead of a flat and boring paint job, i want to try to get a weathered and 'dirty' look. The rivets give the 'dirt' something to stick to, so just airbrushing faint darker lines onto the body alone will not quite do the trick.
There are tiny model rivets for tank or locomotive models, but drilling lots of holes along straight lines for a flying model is not a good idea. One hard landing and the body will disintegrate along those perforation lines. In the end I chose the simplest method: Tiny drops of glue on predrawn lines.
Tonight I made the rivets on the roof[^] The rivets closer to the camera are still fresh and will shrink, like those further away already have begun to do.
There is still a lot more to do. The belly and the tail need several times this amount of rivets. I think they look exactly like what they are: Hand crafted. So, what do you say?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 22-May-17 2:13am.
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I used to do rivets on models using the plastic model strue ( plastic interconnects), heated with a hot gun and basically touched the surface and pulled off. Left a nice bump that when sanded a bit was pretty nice. A bunch of practise to get it uniform though....
Ken (apparently the extraterrestrial)
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I never heard of this variant. I use the white glue that is normally used for wood. It's water based and can be wiped away with a wet sponge if anything goes wrong. How long did you have to practice to get it right with hot plastic?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Quite a bit, especially at the 1/72 aircraft scale I normally used (and a whole bunch of years ago). You had to heat the plastic to the melting point, pulling it into a string until you could touch the molten stuff to the model and make it stick. It was a technique I read about...not my invention by any means - and my first few times did more damage than any form of success.... 
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I thought so. And the heli body is glass fiber, not plastic. The molten platic would not bond to the surface.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Not sure it would stick to fiber, and a large difference in scales (1/72 and 1/16). Your rivets with glue look good though and it appears to be a pretty decent and repeatable technique.
Ken
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The only drawback is that I had to buy a syringe and some needles. They probably think I'm a junkie now. And it took a while to find a way to prevent the glue from stuffing up the needles.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Nice.
What scale is it and what are you going to power it with?
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The scale is 1:16 and I'm using a 1:48 Revell model kit as guide (as well as every picture or plan I can get in the net). The body was made for a T-Rex 450 (or clone) and I have prepared an older T-rex 450 Sport like this one.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Would it fit a trex 470. They seem like the newer model and a bit cheaper than a 450. Well here anyway.
It was what I'm thinking of replacing my broken one with
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so. The tail of the 470 probably is a little longer and the modifications to the tail may not fit.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: ... to sleep through the nights again and finally get around to work on my model.
This is the model's body . . .
I clicked too soon - before I read the rest of it. Hoping for something more like this[^]
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Nope. Fuselage, body, kindof a bigger model kit.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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