Folder View Settings not being remembered

[ylustrata]

After two recent Windows Updates I find that my folder view settings, which were "Large Icons", revert to "List" upon rebooting. I specify "remember each folders settings - yes" but no luck.
How can I get Windows2000 to remember?

 

[bcastner]

The customization is stored as a HTML description page, folder.htt (a hidden file).

You need active desktop enabled: right-click the desktop, point to Active Desktop, and then click Show Web Content.

 

[ylustrata]

Tried Active Desktop. No luck. My folder's view is still "List" not "Large icons" on reboot. I had this same problem with Windows 98SE too after a recent update. Then on the next update the problem went away. Unfortunately it didn't work that way with Windows 2000. I really don't want Web content shown in the folder anyway. The Windows Classic look is fine for this particular purpose.

 

[bcastner]

Set the BagMRU Size to 5000 (or upto 8000) in the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam

 

[ylustrata]

I got the following tip from Computing.Net and it worked:

Just before you close the folder..
Hold down the "CTRL" key and hit the X in the top right hand corner. This should save the setting for next time.

Hope this helps
Phyto


The question now is why does it work like this now - it was not like this before.

 

[bcastner]

Customizations are handled in a FIFO buffer. Just make the buffer big enough to start with.

 

[ylustrata]

Sorry to say I am still bugged by this business of my folder setting not being saved. I hate to hold the CTRL key down while exiting. However I don't find BagMRU in my registry. I am running Windows 2000 Professional SP4 on a Dell Latitude CPt laptop.