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RickyTheFish
I have two questions regarding behaviours of Windows Vista Home Premium that
I've been experiencing from the get-go, and have even tried fixes for, to no
avail.
The first problem is regarding folder windows and view settings. In my
Folder Options, I have the "Remember each folder's view settings" option
turned on. I even ran some registry edits that cleared out my entire cache
of folder views so that I could set each folder from default. However, I am
still constantly running into folders that randomly change the size of the
window and/or the view settings, and sometimes, even the organization method.
As an example, I have my desktop resolution set to 1280x1024, and I like my
folders to be 1024x768. This is how every single folder on my drive (with
the exception of newly-created folders, which default to 800x600) has been
set. However, at seemingly random times, certain folders will revert to
their 800x600 size, while other folders retain their 1024x768. Additionally,
in many instances of the folder resizing itself, the view changes from Large
Icons to List, or vice versa. There are certain folders I like to have Large
Icons and certain folders I like with the List view. On rare occasions, a
folder will reorganize itself in a manner I *never* use, such as organizing
by Rating, or Date Taken. As stated, I even ran some registry edits to
combat this problem, as I found a "solution" on the internet, and it worked
for a while, but I'm back to seeing the same behaviour on a daily basis.
My second question is in regards to the desktop icons. Sometimes, the
desktop icons do not refresh when something is modified, which causes "ghost"
icons on the desktop (i.e. an icon for a folder that has been deleted is
still on the desktop). I found a solution for this problem on the internet,
and it worked for some time, but it's happening once again, much like the
folder settings problem detailed above, and it seems to occur randomly.
Sometimes, the problem fixes itself after a few minutes, most times a restart
is required to correct the issue.
Is there anything I can do to actually make the "expletive" file system DO
what I want it to do, instead of seemingly acting at random? This is very
frustrating, and I have been dealing with this for over a year. I would like
something that can fix this problem permanently, so that once I set a
folder's view settings and size, it stays that way for good until I say
otherwise. Additionally, once I delete something from the desktop, I would
actually like the desktop to reflect the deletion instead of misleading me
into thinking that the file or folder still remains.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If it matters, I'm running
Windows Vista Home Premium on AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5600+ with 2GB RAM.
If any other system specs are needed, just ask.
I've been experiencing from the get-go, and have even tried fixes for, to no
avail.
The first problem is regarding folder windows and view settings. In my
Folder Options, I have the "Remember each folder's view settings" option
turned on. I even ran some registry edits that cleared out my entire cache
of folder views so that I could set each folder from default. However, I am
still constantly running into folders that randomly change the size of the
window and/or the view settings, and sometimes, even the organization method.
As an example, I have my desktop resolution set to 1280x1024, and I like my
folders to be 1024x768. This is how every single folder on my drive (with
the exception of newly-created folders, which default to 800x600) has been
set. However, at seemingly random times, certain folders will revert to
their 800x600 size, while other folders retain their 1024x768. Additionally,
in many instances of the folder resizing itself, the view changes from Large
Icons to List, or vice versa. There are certain folders I like to have Large
Icons and certain folders I like with the List view. On rare occasions, a
folder will reorganize itself in a manner I *never* use, such as organizing
by Rating, or Date Taken. As stated, I even ran some registry edits to
combat this problem, as I found a "solution" on the internet, and it worked
for a while, but I'm back to seeing the same behaviour on a daily basis.
My second question is in regards to the desktop icons. Sometimes, the
desktop icons do not refresh when something is modified, which causes "ghost"
icons on the desktop (i.e. an icon for a folder that has been deleted is
still on the desktop). I found a solution for this problem on the internet,
and it worked for some time, but it's happening once again, much like the
folder settings problem detailed above, and it seems to occur randomly.
Sometimes, the problem fixes itself after a few minutes, most times a restart
is required to correct the issue.
Is there anything I can do to actually make the "expletive" file system DO
what I want it to do, instead of seemingly acting at random? This is very
frustrating, and I have been dealing with this for over a year. I would like
something that can fix this problem permanently, so that once I set a
folder's view settings and size, it stays that way for good until I say
otherwise. Additionally, once I delete something from the desktop, I would
actually like the desktop to reflect the deletion instead of misleading me
into thinking that the file or folder still remains.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If it matters, I'm running
Windows Vista Home Premium on AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5600+ with 2GB RAM.
If any other system specs are needed, just ask.