I think I'm a little more patient than I used to be with this infuriating
operating system called 'Windows', but the thing that still sends me into
fits of homicidal rage, is it's inability to remember folder view settings.

I prefer to view folders in the 'List' setting while Mr. Gates seems to
think that everyone is as blind as a bat, and insists that the default view
is 'Large Icons'.

After a search that began when Windows98 was released, a couple of months
back I finally found a little program called 'ViewFix' that forces Windows
into remembering your folder view settings.

This little gem works perfectly in W98 and W95 but I thought I'd have no
need for it in the all-new, bells and whistles XP.

I was WRONG!  Windows XP is no better at remembering folder settings than
it's predecessors.

Happily, ViewFix seems to work in XP, even tho it's not written for it.

So ViewFix is doing it's job now, and forcing XP to display folder contents
in 'List' mode, so it's almost the way I like it, but the XP system seems to
be determined to open every darn folder window in full screen size.

Obviously, Tools\Folder Options\View\Apply to all folders etc etc etc,
should fix it but it doesn't, just as it didn't in W98.

Does anyone know how to control the default size of XP folder windows?  I
note that the registry is still accessible in XP, perhaps the answer is
there?

TIA

Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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