Windows Explorer Won't Remember Details

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

I'm setting up a new computer for my aged father and installed a fresh copy of
Win XP Pro SP2. In setting things up, for some reason I can't get Windows
Explorer to remember the settings for each folder. As a default, I prefer for
"details" to show rather than the icons. I have (from Win Explorer) gone to
View > Details, then gone to Tools > Folder Options > View. I have each window
opening in a separate process, remember each folder's view settings... I've
clicked "apply to all folders". It doesn't.

When I open another folder, there are those damned icons again instead of the
details list. What's up with this?

Oddly, the behavior only appears on my dad's username. It does what I want it
to do under my own username.

 

[Keith Miller]

Answered in general newsgroup:

 

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Keith Miller wrote:


Answered, but not fixed. That's why I thought I'd try another group.

 

[Keith Miller]

But you didn't bother to reply with that information before posting here. Try David's suggestion in
the other group -- if that doesn't work, reply back to that thread.

 

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