I set the view for a window to icons from say details, then when I
come back it is details again, not icons. What do I do?
Thanks

Hi,

WindowsXP will remember the settings of up to 400 folders, after that it
starts forgetting some. See this from MVP Kelly for a way to increase this
number:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 2, increase the folder view size limit to 8000

You can also resolve this with the newest version of TweakUI. Get it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

After installing, look under explorer/customization, increase the "folders
to remember".

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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> I set the view for a window to icons from say details, then when I
> come back it is details again, not icons. What do I do?
> Thanks

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:57:57 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>You can also resolve this with the newest version of TweakUI. Get it here:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp
>
>After installing, look under explorer/customization, increase the "folders
>to remember".


I did this and it seemed to work. What price am I paying to triple
this? And if not that much, then why is the XP default set low?

Thanks

Hi,

No price, it simply makes a registry change. No idea why they used that
default figure, does seem sort of short-sighted, doesn't it?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:57:57 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> >You can also resolve this with the newest version of TweakUI. Get it
here:
> >
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp
> >
> >After installing, look under explorer/customization, increase the
"folders
> >to remember".
>
>
> I did this and it seemed to work. What price am I paying to triple
> this? And if not that much, then why is the XP default set low?
>
> Thanks