How to make XP remember my Control Panel view?

[Peabody]

I'm running MCE2005, which is pretty much XP Pro SP2 I think. I
have the Control Panel set up in classic style, and have selected
the Icons view. But every few days, it reverts back to Details.
How can I make XP remember my selected view?

In general folder options, I have it set to remember each folder's
view setting, but that doesn't seem to work.

 

[Galen]

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I'm running MCE2005, which is pretty much XP Pro SP2 I think. I
have the Control Panel set up in classic style, and have selected
the Icons view. But every few days, it reverts back to Details.
How can I make XP remember my selected view?

In general folder options, I have it set to remember each folder's
view setting, but that doesn't seem to work.

Does it reversion seem to relate to about the same time you used an
automated registry cleaner?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

 

[Peabody]

Galen says...

Does it reversion seem to relate to about the same time
you used an automated registry cleaner?

No, I've never used such a cleaner. I can't imagine that
they would work properly, so I've never even tried one.

 

[Galen]

In Peabody <[email protected]> had this to say:

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Galen says...



No, I've never used such a cleaner. I can't imagine that
they would work properly, so I've never even tried one.

That is the only reason that I could think of for it to revert unless you'd
modified the registry to keep the settings for fewer folder views which
seems unlikely. Is it JUST the registry that does this? Do you know if it
happens on more than one account?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

 

[Peabody]

Galen says...

That is the only reason that I could think of for it to
revert unless you'd modified the registry to keep the
settings for fewer folder views which seems unlikely.

It's still set at the default number, which I think is 400.
But even so, I go into the Control Panel *often*, and as I
understand how it works, that means it should never be
forgotten (the least accessed folders are the ones
forgotten).

Is it JUST the registry that does this? Do you know if
it happens on more than one account?

I've only noticed it on the Control Panel so far. I only
use one account.

Upon reflection, this is a bootup problem. In other words,
once I set it to icons, it stays that way until I reboot.
At least I think that's right. But not every reboot changes
it back to details.

Well, it's very strange.

Do you think the Control Panel is just one of the 400
folders, or is there a specific registry setting for the
Control Panel. If the latter, I could make up a .reg file
that would execute on bootup to set it correctly.

Thanks for trying to help.

 

[Galen]

In Peabody had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Galen says...


It's still set at the default number, which I think is 400.
But even so, I go into the Control Panel *often*, and as I
understand how it works, that means it should never be
forgotten (the least accessed folders are the ones
forgotten).


I've only noticed it on the Control Panel so far. I only
use one account.

Upon reflection, this is a bootup problem. In other words,
once I set it to icons, it stays that way until I reboot.
At least I think that's right. But not every reboot changes
it back to details.

Well, it's very strange.

Do you think the Control Panel is just one of the 400
folders, or is there a specific registry setting for the
Control Panel. If the latter, I could make up a .reg file
that would execute on bootup to set it correctly.

Thanks for trying to help.

Hmm...

Well, let's have a dig in the registry shall we?

Start
Run
Type "regedit" without the quotes
Hit enter
You knew that didn't you?
Okay then dig down to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Do you see a ForceClassicControlPanel listed on the right? It'd be a DWORD
value...

Now NORMALLY that would make it so that you can't switch to classic view in
the control panel.

So as a potential work-around you can set that value to 1 (enabled) which
would then force the classic view.


You'll also have to create the DWORD value (with the
ForceClassicControlPanel) in this section:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and
the hex value should be 1 to enable it.

Setting the value to 0 would then force the system to use the new style. I'm
under the impression that you want the classic style, I don't blame you, and
to be honest I can't figure out where it's being eaten so this should fix
you up. Honestly? No clue at this point what's eating the system.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes