view large icons not sticking

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J. P. Gilliver (John)

My friend has his desktop icons filed in folders, such as video, audio,
and so on (i. e. he has lots of video-editing prog.s' icons inside a
desktop folder called "video" - keeps the desktop tidier).

He likes his normal Explorer window to show files in the "details" mode,
but when he opens one of these desktop folders, he wants them to come up
in "large icons" mode. In Explorer, he has "keep each folder's settings"
ticked.

When he opens one of these desktop folders, it comes up in a small mode
- I can't remember if it's list or details, but it certainly isn't large
icons. He changes it, and it will generally remain for the rest of that
XP session, but not through a reboot.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"`You can run,' shouted Scotland Yard's Inspector Boothroyd in triumph as he
clutched the last remaining bottle of noxious potion and watched Dr. Jekyll leap
to freedom through the shattered window, `but you can't Hyde.'" - R.L. Bryant,
1992 Bulwer-Lytton
 
J. P. Gilliver (John) said:
My friend has his desktop icons filed in folders, such as video, audio,
and so on (i. e. he has lots of video-editing prog.s' icons inside a
desktop folder called "video" - keeps the desktop tidier).

He likes his normal Explorer window to show files in the "details" mode,
but when he opens one of these desktop folders, he wants them to come up
in "large icons" mode. In Explorer, he has "keep each folder's settings"
ticked.

When he opens one of these desktop folders, it comes up in a small mode -
I can't remember if it's list or details, but it certainly isn't large
icons. He changes it, and it will generally remain for the rest of that XP
session, but not through a reboot.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"`You can run,' shouted Scotland Yard's Inspector Boothroyd in triumph as
he
clutched the last remaining bottle of noxious potion and watched Dr.
Jekyll leap
to freedom through the shattered window, `but you can't Hyde.'" - R.L.
Bryant,
1992 Bulwer-Lytton
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May be an issue with not having enough "storage spots" for each of the
folders viewed. By default IIRC XP will only store 400 remembered folders
view settings and then will start to overwrite the folder view settings. To
ensure that this is not the case download and run Tweak UI from Microsoft's
PowerToys.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Once run and installed go to Programs, Microsoft PowerToys for XP and start
Tweak UI. Click the + next to Explorer and then click Customizations.
Change the default number to 4000 and then OK out. Reboot the computer
(even though it is not supposed to matter.) Go back in and set the folder
view the way it is desired and see if it "takes" this time.

Let us know the results.
 
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