Folder Views Keep Changing

[Bob Foss]

I'm new to Win XP and find this problem to be a growing mystery. I
have a series of folders I keep on the desktop that I have set with
"Icons" view and selected "remember foldr settings." For other
folders, like in Windows Explorer, I prefer to use "Details". I have
NOT clicked on "Apply to All Folders" but it seems that whenever I
open Windows Explorer that I lose my "Icons" setting in the desktop
folders.

Now I never had trouble with this on my older Win 98 systems and all I
can find for XP is that if I want to keep the view for a folder I
should select the "remember folder setting" option, which I have done.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Tom]

I'm new to Win XP and find this problem to be a growing mystery. I
have a series of folders I keep on the desktop that I have set with
"Icons" view and selected "remember foldr settings." For other
folders, like in Windows Explorer, I prefer to use "Details". I have
NOT clicked on "Apply to All Folders" but it seems that whenever I
open Windows Explorer that I lose my "Icons" setting in the desktop
folders.

Now I never had trouble with this on my older Win 98 systems and all I
can find for XP is that if I want to keep the view for a folder I
should select the "remember folder setting" option, which I have done.

What am I doing wrong?

In Control Panel - Folder Options - View tab, is the box "Remember each folder's view settings" checked? If not, check it, and report back.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

View settings are limited to 400. Try the following link to increase those settings to 8000:

Line 2 - left hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Bob Foss]

Yes, the check box is checked. When I went to the Control Panels even
that folder had changed from icons (which I thought was the default)
to "details."

What else??

Bob

 

[Bob Foss]

I have not set views for anywhere near 400 folders, maybe 30 or 40
tops. Are you saying all I need to do is double click the
"bags8000.reg" file and it will revise my registry to increase the
number of file views? It won't mess anything up, right. I really don't
need to have to reinstall everything. (not real comfortable messing
with the registry)

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Yes - double-click the .REG file. You may like to have a look at the directions for the .REG at the top of Kelly's web page:

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

 

[Bob Foss]

Ok, Will, I'll give it a try. My fingers are crossed.

Thanks (I hope)

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

It does work OK.

 

[Bob Foss]

HELP!!

I followed the instructions then restarted windows. But got the
following error when trying to open ANY folder including Windows
Explorer, My Documents, whatever:

"The instruction at "0x771cb461" referenced memory at "x0000003f." The
memory could not be read. Click OK to terminate the program."

Clicking ok causes all icons on the desktop to disappear for 3 or 4
seconds. The numbers in the message are different depending upon the
folder being accessed.

I rebooted and tried to start with the last good try but it did not
help.

Please help me fix this. I'd rather have my old problem back.

 

[Bob Foss]

I cannot use any program that requires me to get files, like Word for
example. This sucks.