WinXP Folders View

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Guido

Can someone help with a very annoying characterist that
WinXP decided to keep demonstrating. I have created
seveal folders on the desktop with shortcuts to many of
my frequenlty used programs. I set the folders view
setting to Icons. However, evry once in a while XP
decides to change the setting back to Details view. I can
anly assume the reason it is doing this is because in Win
Explorer I have all folder views set to details, however
I want my desktop folders to maintain their Icon view. Is
there a way to stop XP from changing the views by itself?
 
Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number is reached some
settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this to 8000 by adding
this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.


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Kelly...
Many thanks.

Btw, great web site. I'm sure I'll be using it often.

Regards,
Guido
-----Original Message-----
Windows remembers 400 folder settings. When that number is reached some
settings aren't retained any longer. You can change this to 8000 by adding
this edit to the registry.

Run this edit, then reset your preferred folder options:

Increase Folder View Options Limit: (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

Windows Explorer/View/[Select Accordingly]. Then Tools/Folder
Options/View/Apply to All Folders.


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Kelly

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Guido said:
Can someone help with a very annoying characterist that
WinXP decided to keep demonstrating. I have created
seveal folders on the desktop with shortcuts to many of
my frequenlty used programs. I set the folders view
setting to Icons. However, evry once in a while XP
decides to change the setting back to Details view. I can
anly assume the reason it is doing this is because in Win
Explorer I have all folder views set to details, however
I want my desktop folders to maintain their Icon view. Is
there a way to stop XP from changing the views by
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