Folder view settings not remembered

Despite having this option tuned on, my folder's view options are either
never remembered or only remembered for a few hours/days.

Sometimes, if I open the folder directly the view is correct, but when I
browse to that folder from another application the view has reverted back to
the default.

I can even set up a folder how I like it, close the folder and reopen it
again immediately and it has defaulted back to the default settings.

How hard can it be to make such a simple feature work? What am I doing wrong?

"Paul" <> wrote in message
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> Despite having this option tuned on, my folder's view options are either
> never remembered or only remembered for a few hours/days.
>
> Sometimes, if I open the folder directly the view is correct, but when I
> browse to that folder from another application the view has reverted back
> to
> the default.
>
> I can even set up a folder how I like it, close the folder and reopen it
> again immediately and it has defaulted back to the default settings.
>
> How hard can it be to make such a simple feature work? What am I doing
> wrong?

A related problem is when viewing a folder with image files. For some
reason Windows Explorer likes to change headings to include a "Rating",
which I never want to see -- I want to see file sizes and the date modified
usually. Several times a day in Windows Explorer, I need to Right click |
Properties | Customize and change from "Pictures and Videos" back to "All
Items".

Why does Vista like to select "Pictures and Videos" for "Use this folder
type as a template" when just displaying a folder? How can I have "All
items" all the time and force Vista to quit changing the folder view when
there are images in the folder?

Paul;429284 Wrote:
> Despite having this option tuned on, my folder's view options are eithe
> never remembered or only remembered for a few hours/days
>
> Sometimes, if I open the folder directly the view is correct, but whe
>
> browse to that folder from another application the view has reverte
> back t
> the default
>
> I can even set up a folder how I like it, close the folder and reope
> i
> again immediately and it has defaulted back to the default settings
>
> How hard can it be to make such a simple feature work? What am I doin
> wrong

Hi Paul

Your not doing anything wrong. It was a quirk in Vista. This lin
will show you how to make Vista remember your Folder View setting
again. Do all the steps in the second method

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...w-settings.htm

Shaw

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