Making view options stick! help!

[Guest]

My view settings in folders get reset every now and then,
here's the details:

I organize several folders (for example my music
folders) 'visually', what I mean is that I have those
folders set as Icon View with 'Auto Arranged' off
and 'Align to Grid' on. Then I position/place the icons
in the folder into groups which makes it MUCH easier to
find files fast without having to create a thousand
folders.

For example in my rock music folder I split the icons
(mp3 songs files) in it into 2 groups: modern and classic
rock. The icons in the modern group take up 4 screen
lines, then there is a space and then 3 more lines of
classic rock icons. These two groups also get broken down
into 1st line: newest downloads, 2nd line: favorite
songs, etc, etc.

ANYWAYS, the point is that every now and then the icons
in the folder get reset back to 'sort by name' which
means I have to resort the whole thing...and it VERY
ANNOYING!

is there anyway to make my view options and icon
positions in the folders stick?

ps: are their any programs which help you sort music in
the way I am describing now?

 

[Guest]

My view settings in folders get reset every now and then,
here's the details:

I organize several folders (for example my music
folders) 'visually', what I mean is that I have those
folders set as Icon View with 'Auto Arranged' off
and 'Align to Grid' on. Then I position/place the icons
in the folder into groups which makes it MUCH easier to
find files fast without having to create a thousand
folders.

For example in my rock music folder I split the icons
(mp3 songs files) in it into 2 groups: modern and classic
rock. The icons in the modern group take up 4 screen
lines, then there is a space and then 3 more lines of
classic rock icons. These two groups also get broken down
into 1st line: newest downloads, 2nd line: favorite
songs, etc, etc.

ANYWAYS, the point is that every now and then the icons
in the folder get reset back to 'sort by name' which
means I have to resort the whole thing...and it VERY
ANNOYING!

is there anyway to make my view options and icon
positions in the folders stick?

ps: are their any programs which help you sort music in
the way I am describing now?

Run these two edits
Line 2 and line 30 left side and reboot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Kelly]

Sounds good to me. ) Note: The first one includes the second one.

Added info, once done:

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.