Problem with wildcard path format

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Dear all,

I'm trying to use the wildcard path format for DOpus Folder Formats but it doesn't quite work the way I need it.

I have the following folder structure:
E:\MP3s => The file display should be in thumbnail mode
E:\MP3s\Artist => The file display should be in thumbnail mode
E:\MP3s\Artist\Album => The file display should be in details mode

I did the following. I configured a custom folder format for E:\ with file display mode set to details and the option "Use as default format for all sub-folders" checked.
Then I configured a custom folder format for E:\MP3s with file display mode set to thumbnails and the option "Use as default format for all sub-folders" unchecked.
As a last step I configured a wildcard folder format for E:\MP3s* with file display mode set to thumbnail and the option "Use as default format for all sub-folders" unchecked.

Unfortunately the the folder level E:\MP3s\Artist still displays the files in details mode instead of thumbnail mode. E:\MP3s is correctly displayed in thumbnail mode.

Can someone help me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks a lot,
Martin

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Turn off "Use as default format for all sub-folders" on all the involved folder formats, then create wildcard formats which do what you want.

Wildcard formats will be used for subfolders as well, as long another path format does not match instead (which is probably where things are going wrong as you have things set up now). If two wildcard formats match the same folder, the one with the most \ characters wins as it is more specific to the path being matched.

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Dear Leo,

Thank you. I turned off ""Use as default format for all sub-folders" on the top level and now it works the way I want it.

Regards,
Martin