You might want to try the following registry setting update from the
WinXP News Site. It fixed all my folder problems.
Joe
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Fix for Folders Not "Sticking" Problem?
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the Windows Explorer folder settings not sticking problem. One
suggestion that came up several times has to do with setting the
"BagMRU" value higher in the Registry. The default value allows Windows
to remember the settings for 400 folders. You can up this to 8000 and
(maybe) fix the problem. Try this:
1. Download the following file from our site and save it to your
desktop: http://www.winxpnews.com/misc/folderfix.reg
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choosing "Edit".
Remember to always create a system restore point before making changes
to the Registry!
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
>How to reset the folder views in Windows XP?, hoping
>that this time they will remain in place:
>
>http://www.petri.co.il/reset_folder_views_in_xp.htm
>
>HTH,
>Tomas Santos
>[log in to unmask]
>--------------
>in PCBuild, Ian <lindian@xxxxx> wrote:
>Re: Win XP Pro will NOT remember folder views
>
>
>>Welcome to the club! I grind my teeth every time I
>>
>>
>use
>
>
>>XP because of =
>>this infuriating trait. Hope I can find a solution
>>before I get down to =
>>the gums and I'm forced to subsist on babyfood.
>>
>>It's got to be something simple - a registry setting
>>obviously. =20
>>
>>You didn't say exactly where you're up to in your plan
>>to control this =
>>unruly (and damn expensive) OS. I've got my XP
>>Pro\SP-1 to the point =
>>where it remembers nearly everything but the fact that
>>I want each =
>>folder to open at about one-sixth screen size. =20
>>
>>So it's holding OK with Classic view, no standard
>>buttons or address =
>>bar, List viewing mode and every new folder with it's
>>own window - but =
>>every newly opened folder insists on claiming the
>>
>>
>whole
>
>
>>screen. =
>>Previously accessed folders SOMETIMES remember their
>>pre-programmed =
>>reduced sizes but not reliably. And every new opening
>>gets the =
>>mandatory full screen.
>>
>>(Bill's either short sighted or just likes to see the
>>BIG PICTURE)
>>
>>Well, I dunno the answer - I thought I had it a while
>>back when I =
>>discovered that holding down Ctrl while clicking a
>>folder at least =
>>opened the child in the same size as the parent. But
>>it also closes the =
>>parent at the same time, which is not the effect I
>>want. Backspacing =
>>out of the child reveals the parent folder, and the
>>child remains on =
>>screen also, but it's getting way too complicated for
>>busy professionals =
>>who have better things to do than keep tinkering with
>>their OS.
>>
>>As I've wailed before, how difficult would it have
>>
>>
>been
>
>
>>for M$ to have =
>>designed this better? =20
>>
>>Ian Porter
>>Computer Guys Inc.
>>Arrowtown
>>New Zealand
>>lindian@xxxxx
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Michael A. Wosnick=20
>> Subject: [PCBUILD] Win XP Pro will NOT remember
>>folder views
>>
>>
>> I have a most annoying problem. No matter what I do,
>>I just CANNOT get =
>>my
>> new Win XP Pro to remember the individual views of
>>folders. I HAVE =
>>clearly
>> checked the "Remember each folder's view settings"
>>under 'Tools\Folder
>> Options\Views\ but it makes ZERO difference.
>>
>> I am fully able to use the "reset all folders"
>>
>>
>button
>
>
>>and EVERY folder =
>>on my
>> system will revert to Tile View default. I can also
>>set any folder on =
>>my
>> system to some other setting, such as "Detail View"
>>and use the "Apply =
>>to
>> all folders" button and as advertised it applies
>>
>>
>that
>
>
>>view to EVERY =
>>single
>> folder on my system. But there is no way I can set
>>
>>
>an
>
>
>>INDIVIDUAL =
>>folder's
>> view settings differently after either of these
>>
>>
>steps.
>
>
>> I have tried changing views, and then closing that
>>window while =
>>holding down
>> the "CTRL" key or the "SHIFT" key (tricks I recall
>>reading from time =
>>to
>> time, but believe me, the settings will NOT stick no
>>matter what I do.
>>
>> Is there some other over-riding default somewhere
>>that I don't know =
>>about.
>>
>> I should add that I use XP Pro at work, and have
>>
>>
>used
>
>
>>it at home as =
>>well and
>> have never encountered such a persistent refusal to
>>do what it is =
>>supposed
>> to do. Sure, from time to time Windows has always
>>seemed to "forget" a
>> folder's settings and I need to re-do that folder's
>>setting, but I =
>>have
>> never yet found a situation where NO FOLDER can be
>>set differently no =
>>matter
>> what I do.
>>
>> Any help out there?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
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