AlterNate37
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- Windows 11 Pro
Hello,
I see that many people complain about this, and I myself struggled with it.
For reasons yet unknown in my case also the WinSetView tool by @LesFerch wasn't working, so I just tried out what else I could do, and it's actually pretty easy.
I suppose that the Save dialog opens for everybody by default in the Downloads folder.
Anyway whatever folders it will be, you just have to right-click on an empty space, click on "group", and select "(none)":
Et voilà:
If instead of this context menu you get the long one with "select", "open" etc, try finding the space between two folders/files, or double click the window to make it big and you should have plenty clickable empty space.
It's so simple that I'm almost ashamed that I struggled with it for so long.
You might be wondering why the system doesn't remember in the Save dialog the sorting/grouping setting that you chose for Downloads in File Explorer.
The fact is that these kind of folders (downloads, documents, pictures, videos, music) can be accessed from several places (Quick Access / Home, User Folder, This PC, and -apart for Downloads- also Libraries).
And apparently, the System stores the view settings for these folders separately for each of their points of access.
So you need to change the "sort by" and "group by" to your liking in each of these routes.
Here I prepared for your optical convenience 4 screenshots.
I've set the sorting/grouping in the Download folder differently for each route and as you can see the System remembers the setting for the 4 routes like it was 4 different Downloads folders:
And then in the Save dialog you have other three separate routes to the same Downloads folder: from Home, from User Folder, and from This PC.
All of them remembering your grouping/sorting setting.
So, 7 routes in total. Crazy.
There are several tools to tweak File Explorer to one's liking but for some reason it seems that the Download folder escapes their reach more often than not.
These seven routes might be the reason.
I hope this will help someone.
Cheers
I see that many people complain about this, and I myself struggled with it.
For reasons yet unknown in my case also the WinSetView tool by @LesFerch wasn't working, so I just tried out what else I could do, and it's actually pretty easy.
I suppose that the Save dialog opens for everybody by default in the Downloads folder.
Anyway whatever folders it will be, you just have to right-click on an empty space, click on "group", and select "(none)":
Et voilà:
If instead of this context menu you get the long one with "select", "open" etc, try finding the space between two folders/files, or double click the window to make it big and you should have plenty clickable empty space.
It's so simple that I'm almost ashamed that I struggled with it for so long.
You might be wondering why the system doesn't remember in the Save dialog the sorting/grouping setting that you chose for Downloads in File Explorer.
The fact is that these kind of folders (downloads, documents, pictures, videos, music) can be accessed from several places (Quick Access / Home, User Folder, This PC, and -apart for Downloads- also Libraries).
And apparently, the System stores the view settings for these folders separately for each of their points of access.
So you need to change the "sort by" and "group by" to your liking in each of these routes.
Here I prepared for your optical convenience 4 screenshots.
I've set the sorting/grouping in the Download folder differently for each route and as you can see the System remembers the setting for the 4 routes like it was 4 different Downloads folders:
And then in the Save dialog you have other three separate routes to the same Downloads folder: from Home, from User Folder, and from This PC.
All of them remembering your grouping/sorting setting.
So, 7 routes in total. Crazy.
There are several tools to tweak File Explorer to one's liking but for some reason it seems that the Download folder escapes their reach more often than not.
These seven routes might be the reason.
I hope this will help someone.
Cheers
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows 11 Pro Build 26100.3194 (24H2)
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