Unfortunately I don't have a solution to this problem since it has been
haunting me as well. It appears that Windows XP has a problem in doing what
it is supposed to be able to do - remember folder settings. In particular,
my Control Panel keeps coming up as detail view rather than icons that I
keep setting it to. Sometimes it remembers through a reboot, but then it
goes back to detail view again. It does appear to be a configuration problem
because not all of my Win XP Pro installations have this problem. I have 4
computers that have XP on them and the worst problem is on my own machine.
But then, my machine has the most applications and special drivers
installed. If you do find an answer, many people will want to hear about the
fix!

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> 
> Michael

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