where are me icons?

[Linea Recta]

Over and over again I choose to have the icon view under settings in the
configuration window. But Windows seems to have an opinion of its own and
next time the icons are gone again, it shows the details view. Is there any
way to solve this?
In general I want to retain the view as I left it. Everywhere.


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[SC Tom]

Over and over again I choose to have the icon view under settings in the configuration window. But Windows seems to
have an opinion of its own and next time the icons are gone again, it shows the details view. Is there any way to
solve this?
In general I want to retain the view as I left it. Everywhere.

In Explorer, set up My Computer (or your C: drive, if that's your only one) the way you want it, then click on Tools. .
.. Folder Options. On the View tab, check the box next to "Remember each folder's view settings" and uncheck "Restore
previous folder windows at logon." Click on Apply, then click on "Apply to All Folders."

Your folders should now stay the way you set it up.

 

[VanguardLH]

Over and over again I choose to have the icon view under settings in
the configuration window. But Windows seems to have an opinion of its
own and next time the icons are gone again, it shows the details
view. Is there any way to solve this? In general I want to retain the
view as I left it. Everywhere.

The desktop.ini file contains customization for the folder in which it
resides. This file is normally hidden but you might have configured
Windows Explorer to show it. So if you are selecting a lot of file,
like dragging the mouse over them or using Ctrl+A to select all files,
then the desktop.ini file would be selected, too. Then when you delete
all those selected files, desktop.ini would also get deleted.

You may have more folders customized than Windows will remember. Read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711. When I read about this, I upped
the value from 5000 to 8000 under both the Shell and ShellNoRoam keys.
Later I upped it again to 10000. I've seen Microsoft articles that say
the data item's name is BagMRU and other articles say Bag MRU (with the
space character). So I define both with the same enlarged value.

 

[glee]

Over and over again I choose to have the icon view under settings in
the configuration window. But Windows seems to have an opinion of its
own and next time the icons are gone again, it shows the details view.
Is there any way to solve this?
In general I want to retain the view as I left it. Everywhere.

Do you want all folders to have the same icon display, or only certain
folders?

If you want them all the same, open a folder, set it as you want it,
click Tools> Folder Options> View tab, check the box next to "Remember
each folder's view settings", and click Apply. Click the button for
"Apply to all folders".
Hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while you close the folder window
using the X in the upper right corner of the window.

If you want to set different folder to different views and only some to
Icons, set a particular folder as you want it, click Tools> Folder
Options> View tab, check the box next to "Remember each folder's view
settings", and click Apply.
Hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while you close the folder window
using the X in the upper right corner of the window.

 

[Linea Recta]

In Explorer, set up My Computer (or your C: drive, if that's your only
one) the way you want it, then click on Tools. . . Folder Options. On the
View tab, check the box next to "Remember each folder's view settings" and
uncheck "Restore previous folder windows at logon." Click on Apply, then
click on "Apply to All Folders."

That's the settings I had.

Your folders should now stay the way you set it up.

I hope so. I'll keep you informed.



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[Linea Recta]

The desktop.ini file contains customization for the folder in which it
resides. This file is normally hidden but you might have configured
Windows Explorer to show it.

Yes, I have the settings to show ALL sorts of files.

So if you are selecting a lot of file,
like dragging the mouse over them or using Ctrl+A to select all files,
then the desktop.ini file would be selected, too. Then when you delete
all those selected files, desktop.ini would also get deleted.

Good point, I never realised that...

You may have more folders customized than Windows will remember. Read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711. When I read about this, I upped
the value from 5000 to 8000 under both the Shell and ShellNoRoam keys.
Later I upped it again to 10000. I've seen Microsoft articles that say
the data item's name is BagMRU and other articles say Bag MRU (with the
space character). So I define both with the same enlarged value.

I'll figure that out asap.



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thanks,

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\/os

 

[Linea Recta]

Do you want all folders to have the same icon display, or only certain
folders?

No I want some folders in a different view. For most folders I want the
detailed view, but I want the configuration settings which I mentioned in
icon views.

If you want them all the same, open a folder, set it as you want it, click
Tools> Folder Options> View tab, check the box next to "Remember each
folder's view settings", and click Apply. Click the button for "Apply to
all folders".
Hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while you close the folder window
using the X in the upper right corner of the window.

If you want to set different folder to different views and only some to
Icons, set a particular folder as you want it, click Tools> Folder
Options> View tab, check the box next to "Remember each folder's view
settings", and click Apply.

That's a setting which I already have.

Hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while you close the folder window
using the X in the upper right corner of the window.

That's a new trick for me. I suppose the view gets saved that way? I'll try
to remember all that in future...




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thanks,

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[glee]

No I want some folders in a different view. For most folders I want
the
detailed view, but I want the configuration settings which I mentioned
in
icon views.




That's a setting which I already have.




That's a new trick for me. I suppose the view gets saved that way?
I'll try to remember all that in future...

Yes, it (usually) forces the folder view to be saved. There is a limit
on the number of folders that can be saved (400 in XP, by default),
after which if you save a folder view, it will drop another saved folder
view somewhere.

Also, make sure you have not enabled the "NoSaveSettings" registry tweak
using TweakUI or some other tweaking utility. That will prevent
settings from being saved.

 

[Linea Recta]

The desktop.ini file contains customization for the folder in which it
resides. This file is normally hidden but you might have configured
Windows Explorer to show it. So if you are selecting a lot of file,
like dragging the mouse over them or using Ctrl+A to select all files,
then the desktop.ini file would be selected, too. Then when you delete
all those selected files, desktop.ini would also get deleted.

You may have more folders customized than Windows will remember. Read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711. When I read about this, I upped

Would you think it to be safe to use the automatic Fix-it options without
causing disaster?



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[VanguardLH]

Would you think it to be safe to use the automatic Fix-it options
without causing disaster?

They just do the described registry edits. I prefer to edit the
registry following their instructions because then I know what is being
changed. With a wizard, you're not quite sure what will get changed.
Also, as mentioned, I've seen MS articles say the data item's name is
BagMRU and Bag MRU so I add both data items whereas the wizard may only
add one of them (which you hope is the right one but apparently not even
Microsoft is that sure).

Whether you edit the registry or have a wizard do it, backup the
registry key. Then if the change doesn't work or causes unwanted
effects, you can import the saved .reg file to put it back the way it
was before the change.