It is being looked at as a feature.

Bumping this thread.

Any update on this?  I've confirmed that browsing (drill-down) to a new (not loaded in a folder portal before) folder adds 5 entries to the registry at HKCU\Software\Stardock\Fences\ViewStates.  It seems like this should be a relatively easy feature to add.  Each time the entries are created, they use the same defaults.  There are obviously default values used for this somewhere in Fences, please just give us an option somewhere in the Fences config window to set the default layout.  I use Details (Large) for almost everything. 

There are a few common software repos I'd love to mount in folder portals, but currently, every time I drill down it switches to the icons view which is incredibly annoying.  I'm a software developer and repos can have hundreds/thousands of nested folders.  It's not practical for me to go through every folder in a repo and set the view states.  Personally, I could write a program or script to watch the directory trees I'm interested in and add my own default viewstate entries into the registry ahead of time, but that's a stupid hack, and it only "solves" the issue for me, not everyone else that wants this feature too.

Some people have requested the ability to set defaults for different folders and have them propagate.  When browsing to a folder, it would also be simple to scan this reg key for the closest 'parent' folder, to apply those same view settings.  Obviously I don't know your codebase, but from what I've seen so far, adding this feature appears on the surface as if it would be fairly straight forward.  Considering I've seen requests for this feature dating back to 2015, this appears to be a highly desired & requested feature, so I'm surprised it still hasn't been implemented in over 5 years.  I just don't get it!?!

First time poster, long time stalker of this page. I emailed Stardock support and was asked to come back here and ask for help... Anyone know of any other software other than Fences that does what we're looking for? 

Alterntaively, is there a registry fix? 

Thanks   

rebump....problem still not solved, now it is 2021, almost 2022  

I agree.  This is super annoying and greatly diminishes the value of the "folder portal" in the first place.

I've resorted to just turning off "allow navigation" in the view settings, so really the "folder portal" only gives me access to the top level directory that I mapped.  From there on out, it opens an Explorer window and I just navigate there.

The only reason I still use "folder portal" instead of just a Windows shortcut is that I like the "roll up" feature and keeping my folder portals "docked" to the top of my desktop.

This can't be that hard to add to the code.  It's already loading default view settings from somewhere.  At the very least, poll your users to see the most common View setting and then make that the default.  I bet its "List" or "List (Large)" or "Details (Large)"

Can't someone at Stardock just take a day and fix/add this?  I would think more hours have been wasted by all of the users manually changing the view settings for all these folders, than it would take for one person at Stardock to make these changes in the code.

Does that happen while you have the current beta installed, LinoKid?

https://forums.stardock.com/512519/fences-40511-beta-feedback-thead

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Sean.  Please implement this.  It should be simple.  If not, at least tell us why and maybe one of us  has already tackled similar challenges and can offer up solutions.

Hey Sean, 

Its been 5 years since I posted this request - how long are your roadmaps generally ? 

I am assuming now that this feature will not make it so no expectations from my side - but would be interested in understanding the process of prioritizing an enhance request submitted to Stardock. 

Thanks.

It's 2024 now and I'm still waiting for the features, too

Using Fences since 3 days. Great so far ... but now landed here. Same for me => have main folders with up to 50 subfolders and need detail view there 

So now I will remove the folder fences from my desktop and get back to Win explorer to mange these corners. Sad but true.

As the ones above I can only point out that this is an essential feature for a product like Fences ...

... will return from time to time to check progress.

Cheers

We are actively evaluating this for future versions but it’s not available at this time

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager