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Old February 11th 14, 01:29 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Jackson
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

Greetings,

I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
details.

Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..

Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?

I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.

Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.

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Old February 11th 14, 01:47 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
...winston‫
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

Jackson wrote:
Greetings,

I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
details.

Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..

Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?

I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.

Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.

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See this article
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/window...-view-settings

Windows by design is configured to remember 5000 folders. After 5000 it
stops remembering and is supposed to retain the original 5000 folders'
settings (which are stored in the registry) but sometimes Windows forgets.

A regedit of a few keys can change the value but caution is warranted
when changing it upward too high since new entries will increase
registry size and just as important a need to filter through the table
of 'remembered folder view settings' before acting on the setting value.

Searching via Google, Bing, etc...on similar terms should provide
different articles covering the same topic (and usually with the same
recommendations).


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Old February 11th 14, 01:56 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
BillW50
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

On 2/10/2014 6:29 PM, Jackson wrote:
Greetings,

I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
details.

Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..

Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?

I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.

Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.


There is a setting under Folder Options that you can reset folders like
this. If you don't do this, it will always return to what that is set
to. Under Explorer:

Tools
Folder Options
View (tab)
Apply to Folders (button)

or

Organize
Folders ans search options
View (tab)
Apply to Folders (button)

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Old February 11th 14, 04:56 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mayayana
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

See he

http://www.jsware.net/jsware/nt6fix.php5#folfix

The download is an HTA powered by VBScript. I initially
wrote a fix for XP folders, many years ago, because Explorer
in XP has a bug that's never been fixed: Explorer saves
details of folder settings -- up to 5,000 -- in the Registry.
But it doesn't do it properly. As a result it then ignores its
own settings! The system can be fixed by repairing the
settings Explorer has written, so that window size and view
style will be remembered.

The download above is the same utility for Vista/7. Vista/7
Explorer settings in the Registry are slightly different from
XP. Usually the whole thing seems to work pretty well in
Win7, but if not you can try this fix.

There are directions and explanation when you open the
HTA in the download. If you prefer not to use an unknown
utility, you can use the explanation and VBScript code as
guidance to make the Registry setting repairs yourself. It's
not terribly complex. You just have to delete existing folder
settings, then create a series of keys and settings under
HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders
that will apply to all future folders opened.

On XP it's possible to stop the Windows intrusion
that overrides your choice of display type based on
content. (Ex. Showing thumbnails when a folder contains
mainly JPGs.) I don't remember offhand whether the Win7
Folder Fix can do that.


"Jackson" wrote in message
...
| Greetings,
|
| I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
| detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
| explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
| details.
|
| Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
| contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..
|
| Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?
|
| I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.
|
| Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.
|
| ---
| This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus
protection is active.
| http://www.avast.com
|


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Old February 11th 14, 05:35 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Jackson
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

Thank you all for your efforts. I did not know of the 5000 folder
settings limit (bug?).

Will try your suggestions.

Thanks again.

Jackson wrote:
Greetings,

I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
details.

Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..

Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?

I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.

Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.

---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus
protection is active.
http://www.avast.com


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Old February 11th 14, 06:45 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mayayana
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Default Losing Folder View Settings


| Thank you all for your efforts. I did not know of the 5000 folder
| settings limit (bug?).

It was 400 in Win9x. In XP it's 5,000 and
can be increased, but Explorer generally
ignores them anyway, as explained in my
last post. I don't use Win7 very much, but
in writing a folder fix utility for it, as near as
I can tell, Explorer in Win7 doesn't check the
individual folder settings at all. A fix has to be
done through

HKCU\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\All Folders\Shell\


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Old February 12th 14, 12:52 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Peter Jason
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Default Losing Folder View Settings

On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:29:31 -0500, Jackson
wrote:

Greetings,

I recently began losing my folder settings in WIN 7 Pro. I want
detailed views in all folder and subfolder trees and for some reason
explorer randomly defaults to a tile view. Even after resetting it to
details.

Searching was no help. No bugs found. I need to set the entire folder
contents of the c drive to details and have it stay that way..

Anyone have this happen to them? Could it be a corrupt registry?

I recently cloned the drive to an SSD but initially had no problems.

Thanks. Any help or tweaks would be appreciated.

---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
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It forgets window sizes too. I have accepted
despair and embraced resignation; after all, one
has to die to enter heaven.
 




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