Making View Options Stick!

[Max]

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?

 

[Kelly]

Suggestions:

By default, Windows is designed to remember 400 different folder settings
(200 local folders and 200 network folders, for a total of 400 folders).
Windows will start to re-use these stored settings on a 'Most Recently Used'
basis, once the folder limit has been exceeded. You can change this to 8000
by adding this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

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