Displaying AND remembering column settings in Computer view of Folder Tree (DO v11)

Help & Support
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When I select Computer from the Folder Tree, I would like certain columns to be displayed. Namely, Free Space and Percent Full. I select those columns by right clicking the top of the headings, selecting Columns from the menu and Other from the submenu. Then I select More and Save and choose "For This Folder". I exit Directory Opus and start it again and those columns I just selected and saved, are now missing.

My question - is there any way that I can get Directory Opus to remember and respect the settings I choose to make? I would think choosing Save after I have selected the options I wish to have would be an appropriate method of storing the settings I wanted. However, anytime I wish to see those specific columns, I am required to re-select those same columns each and every time I start Directory Opus. There certainly must be some way of actually saving the information I have selected, right?

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Assuming you are opening the default lister and not a custom layout, make sure this is on:

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Thanks for the quick reply Leo. It was indeed checked "on", but I unselected it and restarted Directory Opus and the columns were finally displayed as I desired. I wish I would have had the foresight to consider that setting earlier. Would have saved some frustration on my part. Thank you again.

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It should be on. If it works better off, the folder format doesn't sound like it has been saved for the Computer folder.

If you look in Preferences / Folders / Folder Formats, what does the Computer format look like? (It's in the System category in the list.)

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[quote="leo"]It should be on. If it works better off, the folder format doesn't sound like it has been saved for the Computer folder.

If you look in Preferences / Folders / Folder Formats, what does the Computer format look like? (It's in the System category in the list.)[/quote]

Here is a a screenshot of the configuration for the Computer folder:

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That looks right for what you described.

How are you opening the lister?

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I'm not sure what you mean by opening the lister. Directory Opus is configured to start upon Windows start and replace Explorer. I just click on the various folders listed in the Folder Tree and the contents are displayed in the window to the right of the Folder Tree. When selecting Computer, I had wanted it to display both the Free Space and Percent Full columns which it is doing now. Have exited Directory Opus and restarted a few times and the listing continues to be displayed as I like.

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Check that the padlock icon in the status bar is "open" - if it looks "locked", click it to unlock it.

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The padlock icon was already displayed as "open".