Windows folder view - icons
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On XP Home
Does anyone know why my folder viewing settings change randomly even though I never change it myself.
I've had the icons in the "My Computer" window always set as Icons, arranged by type and shown in groups (pic1) Yet quite randomly they can change to any other setting (pic2). This often happens to other folders too. Or is this just a 'feature' of XP
I just find it very annoying.
Does anyone know why my folder viewing settings change randomly even though I never change it myself.
I've had the icons in the "My Computer" window always set as Icons, arranged by type and shown in groups (pic1) Yet quite randomly they can change to any other setting (pic2). This often happens to other folders too. Or is this just a 'feature' of XP
I just find it very annoying.
have u tried this:
Microsoft Windows XP A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? By Neil J. Rubenking of PC Mag. I have not had this happen to me but evidently it could. (Mike)
"I've been using my Windows XP computer for about 18 months. For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings. I've checked in Folder Options and the box titled Remember each folder's view settings is checked. But when I open folders that I previously changed the View settings on, their appearance does not reflect the settings I chose. What's going on?"
This has been a thorny problem for years. PC Magazine even created a small utility called ViewFix to force Windows 95 systems to use specific view and sorting settings consistently. With each successive Windows version, we hope the problem will go away. Instead, it only seems to get worse, and earlier solutions like ViewFix have stopped working. A solution may be in sight, however, at least for Windows XP. The solution is difficult to verify, so if you find it successful (or unsuccessful) please let us know in our discussion forum (http://discuss.pcmag.com).
By default, Windows XP remembers the last 400 folder settings. After 400, it's supposed to discard the oldest settings, so that it always remembers the most recent 400. In some cases, however, it just stops remembering new settings when the number of settings hits 400. Note that the steps that follow will clear all your old folder settings so Windows XP can remember more, and this method also raises the limit higher than 400.
1. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog.
2. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShell. If this key is not present, skip to step 8.
3. If a subkey named BagMRU is present, delete the entire subkey.
4. If a subkey named Bags is present, delete the entire subkey.
5. Look for a value named BagMRU Size (with a space between BagMRU and Size).
6. If this value is not present, select New | DWORD Value from the Edit menu and name the new value BagMRU Size.
7. Double-click on the BagMRU Size value, choose Decimal, and enter the desired number of folder settings for Win XP to remember (for example, 1,000).
8. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_ CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft WindowsShellNoRoam. If present, repeat steps 3 through 7. That should cure Windows XP's faulty memory. The OS will "forget" all existing folder settings, but from this point onward, it should remember them correctly.
its from this web site - you have to go on it just to hear the music that comes up!!
www.seniorcenter.net/netlearnernews/archives04/srspg3_01_114.html
Microsoft Windows XP A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? By Neil J. Rubenking of PC Mag. I have not had this happen to me but evidently it could. (Mike)
"I've been using my Windows XP computer for about 18 months. For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings. I've checked in Folder Options and the box titled Remember each folder's view settings is checked. But when I open folders that I previously changed the View settings on, their appearance does not reflect the settings I chose. What's going on?"
This has been a thorny problem for years. PC Magazine even created a small utility called ViewFix to force Windows 95 systems to use specific view and sorting settings consistently. With each successive Windows version, we hope the problem will go away. Instead, it only seems to get worse, and earlier solutions like ViewFix have stopped working. A solution may be in sight, however, at least for Windows XP. The solution is difficult to verify, so if you find it successful (or unsuccessful) please let us know in our discussion forum (http://discuss.pcmag.com).
By default, Windows XP remembers the last 400 folder settings. After 400, it's supposed to discard the oldest settings, so that it always remembers the most recent 400. In some cases, however, it just stops remembering new settings when the number of settings hits 400. Note that the steps that follow will clear all your old folder settings so Windows XP can remember more, and this method also raises the limit higher than 400.
1. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog.
2. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShell. If this key is not present, skip to step 8.
3. If a subkey named BagMRU is present, delete the entire subkey.
4. If a subkey named Bags is present, delete the entire subkey.
5. Look for a value named BagMRU Size (with a space between BagMRU and Size).
6. If this value is not present, select New | DWORD Value from the Edit menu and name the new value BagMRU Size.
7. Double-click on the BagMRU Size value, choose Decimal, and enter the desired number of folder settings for Win XP to remember (for example, 1,000).
8. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_ CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft WindowsShellNoRoam. If present, repeat steps 3 through 7. That should cure Windows XP's faulty memory. The OS will "forget" all existing folder settings, but from this point onward, it should remember them correctly.
its from this web site - you have to go on it just to hear the music that comes up!!
www.seniorcenter.net/netlearnernews/archives04/srspg3_01_114.html
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