Only option that I can think of is David Candy's (only person who knows more on this topic) method:
Check here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/b7c77f936c3af570
Note that by deleting the registry keys indicated in that thread, all the saved views / Quick Launch folder preferences will be lost.
That's all I have on this topic.
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
See if enabling "Remember each folder's view settings" option, erase all the saved views using the same REG file helps.
Yeah, I don't hold out any hopes for this. I've turned on that
feature in Win2K countless times. It just doesn't do the trick. I
did this in XP last week and it didn't do any good here, either. Did
that and rebooted, too, all to no avail. XP fails sooner or later to
open the folders in the proper view. <sigh> But I'll try it one more
time.
This is really stupid and is slowing me down. Doesn't _anyone_ have
any proper working solution to this???!!! It never ceases to amaze me
how Win98SE out of the box is just so much better in how Explorer
works than anything that came later. Search is better, structure is
completely stable. I choose the view I want and THAT'S IT! It never
changes. After 7 years of that stability, it's really hard to get
used to something inferior! What happened????? Why are Win2K and
WinXP so awful in this regard??!! XP's Explorer provides nothing with
all the fluff "enhancements". It's only pretty stuff that just isn't
functional. I'd prefer a simpler more straightforward design like
98's that actually works to all this prettiness that doesn't! <sigh>
It gets really tedious having to always slide things out of the way
and re-apply a view so that I sort of get what I need part of the
time.
When you clear the check box for Remember each folder's view settings , the following happens:
When you start Windows Explorer, the first folder you view displays in the folder's saved view. Windows Explorer
holds that view in temporary memory and applies it to all the folders that you visit while Windows Explorer
remains open unless you manually alter the view.
Well, after a reboot everything changes no matter what I do. It's a
serious flaw that I wish could be fixed. I've tried _everything_ that
I can think of and have followed the advice given.
Sooner or later, it goes back to the default large icons no matter
what. The only difference is that at least XP is a tiny bit more
reliable than Win2K. With that OS, which I've worked on in different
work contracts over the years, it doesn't remember the view chosen
more than about 2 or 3 times. I'm seriously considering switching to
an alternate Explorer here at home, too. It's going to be a problem
since all the Explorer replacements I've tried don't replace Explorer
comprehensively and each one is good but they don't always integrate
well with all the shell extensions since XP still hasn't improved a
lot over Win98SE and I still have to install these enhancements. I
can live with that loss of functionality at the office but not at home
<sigh>
Anyway, if no one has anything better in terms of a proper, working
solution, I'm going to have to hunt down a better explorer
replacement. If anyone knows of something good in _that_ regard, btw,
wouldn't mind hearing about it, either <g>.
Thanks.
D
Good luck and let's know how it goes after applying the fix. Even if that does not work, there is another comprehensive method (tip from David Candy) that requires direct registry editing, which erases all the saved views, Quick Launch settings etc.