Folder formats stopped working

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Hello guys,

In the process of customizing my Directory Opus 9 installation I ran into a problem. At first everything went fine, I created some folder formats and everything was working perfectly. Then I decided I wanted to add and edit some styles as well. In the beginning this went fine as well, I created a personal style and it worked perfectly. Then I decided I wanted to edit the "Images" (default) style a little bit, and so I gave it a try. I did not like my changes so I changed them back. But, all of a sudden, my folder formats were not working any more. The folder formats are still in the "preferences" menu, but they don't do a thing. And that's rather annoying, since in some folders I want to filter out hidden folders, and in other folders, like my music folder, I want to use some specific display modes. I cannot get my formats to work again, I wouldn't even know how, since as fas as I know I did not make any significant changes in the settings. Below is a picture of my folder formats as well. I hope you can help me out!

Thanks in advance,

Best Regards

Some extra info: I use Directory Opus 9.5.5.0.3889.x64 (64 bit version) for Windows 7 professional 64 bit

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Maybe you have the Format Lock turned on. It's shown in the status bar (padlock icon) by default.

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The format lock is disabled in all of my styles. It is however something I tried out in my changes to the "Images" style described above. I wasn't to my taste, so I turned it off again. BTW: the problem occurs within every style

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Is it on or off in the actual lister (status bar)? Styles aren't the only things which can turn it on.

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That was it, thanks a lot! The status bar was not displayed, so I had to turn it on using "View"-->"Status Bar". So there it was, the tiny little lock, locked. A simple click solved my problem. Took me hours to try and figure out a solution, should have come here earlier :smiley: Thanks again!

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You may also need to update your Default Lister (Settings -> Set as Default Lister) or lister layout (if you open a layout at startup instead of the default lister) to stop the lock being turned on in new windows.

(Depends on your setup, though.)