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Use WinSetView. By changing the global settings, you will also change the search settings.
Make Windows 11 show search results in Details view
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Bikhod Khan
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Hello, How can I make Windows 11 show File Explorer search results in Details view instead of the default search result view? Every time I do a search, the first thing I do is switch the view to Details view. This is irritating as I use search a lot.
Please note: I am not interested in 3rd party software to solve this problem. I am looking for a native Windows solution to the problem, even if it means changing registry settings.
Thanks in advance.
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Anonymous2024-02-22T09:52:50.3833333+00:00 Unfortunately, Windows 11 doesn't provide a built-in option to change the default view of search results in File Explorer.
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Zavadil Petr 15 Reputation points2024-04-12T07:04:01.38+00:00 Hello. Windows 10 has had this function, I have had use it. Why doesn't provide new :better: OS windows 11 this function? For me is Win 11 downgrade - and it's pity.
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David McDonald 0 Reputation points2024-05-06T04:12:46.9566667+00:00 What is the 3rd party FIX?
This article is wrong - https://appuals.com/customize-default-search-views-windows-10/
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Me 15 Reputation points2025-05-14T23:36:30.6+00:00 Not being able to set the default view is highly unsatisfactory and yet another step backwards in the revised "experience" for me.
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Shayne Turner 5 Reputation points2025-11-14T16:11:38.3433333+00:00 After reading all the comments below, I'm continually frustrated with "improvements" made by Microsoft. Why do they keep taking useful options away? In an effort to make the system easier for the masses, they limit the functionality of the Windows platform. I wonder who is the knucklehead that approves these anti-developments.
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Paul 0 Reputation points2025-11-30T01:43:29.1733333+00:00 I followed these steps, and this worked for me:
Press Win + R, type regedit, press Enter.
- Navigate to: text
(If some keys are missing, create them.)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell - In the right pane, create or modify this string value:
- Name: Mode
- Value: 1 (1 = Details view)
- Also create or modify:
- Name: LogicalViewMode
- Value: 3 (3 = Details)
- Close Registry Editor and restart Explorer (or log out/in).
- Navigate to: text
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Shayne Turner 5 Reputation points
2025-12-04T16:55:10.94+00:00 Dang! I was really hoping this would be the solution, but it was not. I created a REG_DWORD named "Mode" (set to 1) and another named "LogicalViewMode" (set to 3) in the location you specified (see below). I logged out and back in afterwards, but all searches still yield the "Contents" mode by default. I tried searching in both the new Windows 11 Explorer and the old style through the Control Panel (up-arrow twice), which I prefer. If you see anything that is incorrect in my settings below, please let me know.
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