Windows Suddenly Forgets All Folder View Settings

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][ce wrote:
> Hi folks;
>
> I've been running XP SP 2 for a year now with no major problems
> whatsoever. However, just yesterday, something new began to occur.
> All of a sudden, Windows won't remember ANY folder view settings. All
> of my previous folder views have been lost, and anytime I open
> explorer, it always opens up in Tiles View. I have "Remember each
> folder's view settings" checked, my BagMRU Size in the registry is set
> to 5000, and there are no "NoSaveSettings" registry keys in explorer
> policies.
>
> After trying all many combinations of control settings, resetting all
> the folder views, unchecking/rechecking "Remember each folder's view
> settings" and rebooting dozens of times, I'm pretty much ready to
> reinstall the operating system.
>
> Anyone have any last-minute ideas on things to check?
>
> Regards;
>
> ][ce

It looks like you've already explored this extensively, but here are
hopefully some things you haven't seen:

Kelly's tweak raises the 5000 folder limit to 8000.. I doubt that will
help if you just increased it to 5000 and it was working just before
that, though.

Line 2. Increase Folder View Size Limit to 8000
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Other ideas:

XP forgets your folder view settings
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderviews.htm

Your view settings or customizations for a folder are lost or incorrect
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711

Folder Views - Keep Settings
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm

"If you check "remember each folder's view setting", every time you open
a folder who's settings weren't previously set, you'll get the default
setting: large icons.

Instead, switch the view to your liking, deactivate the "remember"
option, press the "Like Current Folder" button and apply. This will set
your preferred view setting system wide. "

Google Groups search by date so recent anomalies (XP updates?) might
show early in the results:
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=remember+%22folder+view%22+xp...art=0&s

--
Joe =o)

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