Why wont windows remember my folder view settings?

[blasphemer]

For some reason whenever I open folders such as my network places, recyle bin, control panels, etc.. or folders I create, Windows never saves my view settings, only for a little while it seems... after an hour or so, it goes back to it unmaximized, without the status bar, and the icons would be arraged different (list/details/thumbnails, and "arrange by... name/size/type") so I have to arrange it to how I like it almost every time I open it, and it's very frustrating to do. I have "remember my folders view settings" checked in folder options menu, don't get why it doesn't work after that. Once in awhile would be fine, but once every hour or so is just annoying...i'd like my view settings to remain the same every time. Is there any way I can fix this some how? Thanks in advance, this is an annoying problem, and have no idea how to fix it. I'm on XP home btw....

[DuaneB]

1. (right-click) Start > Explore > View > select "Details" (or whatever your preference is)

2. then select Tools > Folder Options > View, and under Advanced Settings, put a check in the box that says "Remember Each Folder's View Settings"

3. above Advanced Settings click the box that says "Apply to All Folders"

[uffbros]

Taken from another site:

Within Explorer, in Folder Options/View tab/Advanced Settings, you can check the "Remember each folder's view settings".
From this moment, each Explorer's window, including My Computer, Recycle Bin, Control Panel, Network Connections or Printers
should always open itself at the same defined position, with the same defined size and selected columns.

In fact, Windows XP remembers those individual settings in a kind of database within the Registry, under :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU\... subkeys (starting from 0) and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\... subkeys (starting from 0 as well).

For some unknown reason, this database may however become corrupted from time to time (this is not a new problem in Windows). If this happens, you can’t anymore save the specific settings of each Explorer’s folder : each Explorer’s window will always open with the default size and columns settings, and at a random position on the screen, what is really annoying for people who like a well organized desktop, with constant windows size and position to suit their needs.

To solve this issue :

1. Start REGEDIT.EXE
2. Delete ALL subkeys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU\ (
usually you will find here a maximum of 5 or 6 entries)
3. Delete ALL subkeys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\
(there might be a lot, up to 400)
4. Close REGEDIT.EXE
5. Open and customize each Explorer’s specific folder you wish (My Documents, Recycle Bin, My Computer,
Printers, Network Connections, Control Panel,…), then close it : it will again open each time with your defined size,
position and columns.

[GodMonstr]

Hi:

Please do not be insulted, but where did you get the xp?

Some of the "hacked" versions reset the settings to original (and thus never quite needs activation) and they will not let you keep those settings.

This is probably not the case, but I put the info here for historical measures.

Reverend Kevin, the God Monster!

[blasphemer]

The info uffbros pasted is correct and it worked! That was the reason...Thanks a lot for posting that, I feel much better now!

Thanks for the help all

[uffbros]

Look at my signature..That should tell you my XP came with a Dell purchase.....Secondly that fix works.

[blasphemer]

Edit: Problem solved again