FolderView: Enhance Folder View "Templates" in Windows 10

[Ellis Dee]

Something that bugs me about Windows 10 is how few Folder View Templates there are to choose from:



So I'm rolling up my sleeves and trying to figure out how to enhance/replace this functionality. This is a brand new project I'm starting today, written in VB6, and after initial research I already have many questions about Windows. Not so much VB6, but hopefully this is an acceptable thread. I just need a place to organize my notes and whatnot, and I'm most comfortable using MB threads for this kind of thing.


I envision FolderView's user interface as part of the context menu when you right-click the blank space on the right side of a folder in explorer. So far, I'm able to add both basic items as well as submenus, so that's all I should really need.

The actual Folder View settings for any given folder are held in the registry, so in theory it should be a simple matter to copy settings from any given folder to any other given folder or group of folders. (Like, for example: Apply this folder's view settings to all subfolders.)