This page has some info on how to fix this:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html
It worked for me, quite well.
John
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> Under folder options I have it set to remember the last view used but it
> never does. I like the list view in explorer for most folders but in Vista
> it is continually setting it back to detailed view. Even my games foldder
> in the start menu and the control panel seems to have a mind of its own
> and
> changes between icon view and detailed view on ocassion. WTF hasn't this
> been fixed? It's not like Vista was just released yesterday FFS. If I set
> a
> folder to list view I want it to stay as ****ing list view!