Folder View

[Mightymo]

WTH is up with the folder view in XP? Everytime I go into a folder, the view looks different. I have the files set on list, but sometimes they'll be in detail or icons. Or it will be normal when I first open a folder, then I'll open a sub-folder and hit the back button and everything will be in detailed view. I know it's not my set up or anything because this happens on different machines. Is there a way to fix this, it's really aggervating. I have XP Pro SP1a.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2 -- AMD Athlon XP 2500 Barton Core -- 512 P2700 (duel channel) --
ATI Radeon 9500 -- Onboard Audio -- Antec Plus660 AMG 330W case -- XP Pro<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by mightymo on 07/25/03 11:41 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[joel_the_bowl]

Control Panel > Appearance & Themes > Folder Options > View > click "remember each folder's view setting"

there's also a way to do this through Win Explorer....

 

[Mightymo]

Yes I have the option checked already. This is a bug, if it wasn't it wouldn't change from list to icons to details to thumbs whenever it wanted to. This doesn't happen to you?

Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2 -- AMD Athlon XP 2500 Barton Core -- 512 P2700 (duel channel) --
ATI Radeon 9500 -- Onboard Audio -- Antec Plus660 AMG 330W case -- XP Pro

 

[Toejam31]

A couple of tweaks that might help:

<A HREF="http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=1922" target="_new">Fix Folder View Memory Loss</A>

<A HREF="http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=1737" target="_new">Restore Registry Database for each Folder's View Settings (EASIEST METHOD)</A>

Toey

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[Boink]

Try this

Open up a folder and arrange it the way you like, then go to Tools > Folder Options > View tab > And click the Apply To All Folders button

That should fix you up

 

[Mightymo]

That doesn't work either Boink. Neither does the registry tweaks that ToeJam31 said to do. Oh well, Micro$oft sucks.

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ATI Radeon 9500 -- Onboard Audio -- Antec Plus660 AMG 330W case -- XP Pro

 

[Toejam31]

You could try number 2 and number 30 on this page:

<A HREF="http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm" target="_new">Registry Edits for Windows XP</A>

I know that I had this irritating little problem a while back, and at least one of these tweaks fixed the issue (the majority of the time, anyway.) I just can't remember which one of them did the trick. Maybe it was a combination of all of them.

You might find some help on this page, also:

<A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,4985884~root=winme~mode=flat" target="_new">Tiles are persistent, Where's my Icons in XP Pro?</A>

Toey

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