Do you find that winXP has trouble remembering the status of a folder?

[erwin1978]

Do you find that winXP has trouble remembering the status of a folder? For example, I have a folder filled with pics and I have "thumbnail" view enabled. When I restart the system, the folder view reverts back to "list." I know about the setting in the folder options menu but that doesn't fix anything.

 

[lordex]

I have the same problem. I like to view files in "Details" mode, but it reverts to "List" everytime. Very annoying... :frown:

 

[NogginBoink]

I believe that by default it only keeps the last 200 folders' settings in memory.

 

[Doomer]

I have this problem with control panel. I set it to icon view and after a reboot, it goes back to detail view. Very annoying.

EDIT: Went looking for a fix and found this LITTLE PROGRAM. Changed my setting from 400 to 600 and it worked. My control panel icon view survived a reboot.

 

[bacillus]

can you confirm that under folder options>view, you have "remember each folder's view settings" checked!

 

[lordex]

I can absolutely confirm that. In fact, I can confirm that everytime I go check that thing I have this feeling that I'd like to have a big big hammer and punch that small check mark into XP so it'll remember it next time.

 

[sciencewhiz]

Windows has had that problem ever since they first let you choose a view

I know I've run into it many times with 95 and 98.

 

[erwin1978]

That program can't be the solution. If the OS keeps track of 400 folders then how come the problem is there even though I just restart the system and haven't accessed 400 folders. It can't possibly start overwriting stuff already.

 

[EeyoreX]

The solution I use for this problem is X-Setup. I find it works to remember my folder settings. I have no idea why Windows has this problem, even though it is supposed to remember 400 folder's settings. Maybe it randomly picks which 400 folders it will remember?

\Dan

 

[wlee]

Here's more info on it if you want to fix it the manual way.




Fix Folder View Memory Loss

Windows XP forgets my folder view settings. Is there a fix?



How to fix this annoying problem:

By default, Windows XP will remember the view settings for the 400 most recently used folders. After that, XP will begin overwriting the data of the oldest folder, and its view setting will be lost. The information is stored in the registry by two keys:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell


and


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam


These keys can be modified to make XP remember more folder settings.

Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools--Folder Options--View--Advanced Settings. Ensure that "Remember each folder's view settings" is checked.


Open Regedit and go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell. Right-click on "Shell", then follow to New--Key--DWORD Value. Name this item "BagMRU Size" (without quotation marks, but with a space between BagMRU and Size). Double-click BagMRU Size, give it a Decimal value of 2000, then click OK.

Now go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam. Create another BagMRU Size DWORD Value for "ShellNoRoam". Again, give it a Decimal value of 2000, then click OK.


You will have two "BagMRU Size" values equal to 0x000007d0 (2000).


Close the registry and reboot.
Windows XP will now remember 2000 folder view settings instead of 400


You could also try higher values if you are a power user, I use 8000 instead of 2000.


Always remember to back up your registry. You should only consider editing the registry if you are comfortable with it.



Please look here if you have issues starting regedit :
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/faq.asp





Info Works With
XP Pro XP Tablet
XP Home XP Media

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[EeyoreX]

Just FYI, the program I suggested makes the registry changes mentioned above for you. It also does a whole lot more. And it's free.

\Dan