how do I stop my inbox columns from changing by themselves?

[Guest]

I have many sub-folders under my inbox that i use to organzie my email. The
main columns are FROM, SUBJECT, RECEIVED, SIZE. Every once and a while I
go to a folder and it is set up as TO, SUBJECT, SENT, SIZE. I remove
columns and add columns to get it back to normal. I feel like I'm doing
this constantly every day. Is there a way to do this in the main Inbox
folder and have it copy down to all sub-folders? Why are my columns
changing? I know they are changing by themselves. Even after I fix a
folder, a few days later I have to fix it again. What is going on here?
How do I stop this? How can I set it one way for once and for all and for
all the sub-folders all at one time? Please help!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have many sub-folders under my inbox that i use to organzie my
email. The main columns are FROM, SUBJECT, RECEIVED, SIZE.

Sounds like the normal Messages view.

Every
once and a while I go to a folder and it is set up as TO, SUBJECT,
SENT, SIZE.

Sounds like the normal Sent To view.

I remove columns and add columns to get it back to
normal. I feel like I'm doing this constantly every day. Is there
a way to do this in the main Inbox folder and have it copy down to
all sub-folders?

No, but if all your folders are using a standard view, modifying that view
will cause all folders using that view to look the same.

Why are my columns changing? I know they are
changing by themselves. Even after I fix a folder, a few days later
I have to fix it again. What is going on here? How do I stop this?
How can I set it one way for once and for all and for all the
sub-folders all at one time? Please help!

Try starting Outlook once with the /cleanviews command line switch. This
will erase all view customizations.