Help! Folder View Settings Problem!

madmax wrote:

Wiped EVERYTHING off my PC, reinstalled XP with Service Pack 2 (only),
and guess what? As right as rain?

Which proves - as I suspected - that there is something in Windows
Service Pack 3 which has messed up things in this area. The SP3
documentation doesn't suggest it was affected, but WRONG!

That does not prove the Service Pack 3 messed up something with your
optical drive. You are comparing a fresh install of only Windows XP
SP-2 against a polluted setup of Windows XP SP-3. Until you install
SP-3, you won't know that it screws up your optical drive.

Something you never mentioned is if ever you logoff after making changes
so the pending changes get rolled into your permanent profile. I'm sure
you have before seen the message on logoff or shutdown that says Windows
is saving your profile. If you make changes but your computer crashes
then changes to your profile do not get saved. Since the problem
reappears after several hours or several days, I have to wonder just how
your Windows sessions is getting exited.

Make the change. Check the change got effected. Log off and back on.
Then test if the change was sticky.

I'm not going to get into a debate with Microsoft about this.

The name of this newsgroup starts with microsoft. It is not owned by
nor monitored by Microsoft. You aren't at Microsoft when you are here.
You are in a peer community of other Microsoft Windows XP *USERS*.
Also, Microsoft Valued Professionals (MVPs) are not Microsoft employees
or representatives.

Over and out. Phew!

Which probably means you won't see this response because you won't
bother to return here. So, in effect, you felt the need to vent here.
Okie dokie then, bye bye.