How do I remove customization for a folder?

John Savill

June 24, 2000

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A. To remove customization for a folder and return to thesystem default perform the following:

  1. Start Explorer

  2. Select the folder with the customization

  3. From the View menu select 'Customize This Folder...'

  4. Click Next

  5. Select Remove customizations and click Next

  6. Leave all the checks to restore the various components and click Next

  7. Click Finish

You can then manually delete the desktop.ini file and the 'Folder Settings'folder which don't get automatically deleted.

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