# Can I change teh default View in Windows?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-teh-default-view-in-windows/336130>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-teh-default-view-in-windows/336130 "2005-12-18T03:29:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-teh-default-view-in-windows/336130/1 "2005-12-18T03:29:09Z")

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This is a very mundane question, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do it on my own…

Whenever I open a new window on my computer, to look for a folder or files, the default view is set to “Tiles”, and I have to switch it to “Details”, so I can see file type, size, date last changed, etc.

Is there a way to change the default view so that it’s Details instead of Tiles?

Thanks in advance 🙂

Bo

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-teh-default-view-in-windows/336130/2 "2005-12-18T04:03:20Z")

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Are you using Windows XP? If so, just open any folder and set it to details view. Then go to Tools - Folder Options at the top of the folder window. Select the View tab and you can set all folders to that same view there.