rickcf Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) In the newest version of Paint.net how do you get the thumbnail view to be the default type of view when opening a file in Windows XP? Instead it always defaults to LIST view when you open the program. In my current old version 3.2 it saved the last view 'state' you used but this is gone in the newer versions - at least since 2008. Windows by default saves the last view 'state' of a folder when last accessed and the old version of Paint.net also had this windows behavior. MS Word, Excel, ect.. also has this behavior and saves the last open file view state you used. Paint.net does not respect the windows folders default view state - it uses its own and defaults it to LIST every time. I have not been able to upgrade Paint.net for years because LIST view is worthless when viewing hundreds of pictures. Is there any way to get the default windows behavior back or is there a setting that saves the file open view state? Thanks Rick Edited August 22, 2011 by rickcf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Umm ... what version of Paint.NET are you using? Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcf Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Downloaded the latest version Paint.NET v3.5.8 (Final Release build 3.58.4081.24580) friday and tried it but backed it out and re installed an older version v3.2 because I can't do without the thumbnail view. I have not tried it on Windows 7 so not sure if that would make a difference. But even then I have not completely migrated to my windows 7 box yet so....another reason to be on WIN 7? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I'm pretty sure I changed that in Paint.NET v3.5. It only does that in XP. On Vista/7, the File Open dialog was smarter to begin with, so nothing like this was ever put in place. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcf Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 I am still on XP so guessing that is the problem. WIll install it on my Win 7 machine and verify I have no issue. Sounds like another reason to migrate to my Win 7 box. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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