Tip: remember folder view settings 1

[chriski]

Often XP did not remember folder view settings for me. Not a huge problem but enough to be annoying.
For example XP again and again displaying folders with .jpg's in File view and display folders full with document files with annoying thumbnail icons, that sort of thing.
Recently I read on the web that with SP2 the default number of folders XP can remember the view settings has been increased from 200 to 5000. It still did not work for me. The other day I tried to unselect the viewing option and then put it back on and guess what, so far it works. XP has been remembering them all.

Control Panel
Folder Options
View: Remember each folder’s view setting

This option needs to be ticked of course. If you had it ticked previously try to un-tick it and click apply. Then tick it agin and click apply.

Good luck

 

[bcastner]

TweakUI, a freeware utility from Microsoft, has a setting to allow the adjustment of the number of remembered folder settings from its default of 400.

Or it is easy enough to do yourself:

By default, Windows XP remembers the last 400 folder settings. After 400, it's supposed to discard the oldest settings, so that it always remembers the most recent 400. In some cases, however, it just stops remembering new settings when the number of settings hits 400. Note that the steps that follow will clear all your old folder settings so Windows XP can remember more, and this method also raises the limit higher than 400.

1. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog.
2. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell. If this key is not present, skip to step 8.
3. If a subkey named BagMRU is present, delete the entire subkey.
4. If a subkey named Bags is present, delete the entire subkey.
5. Look for a value named BagMRU Size (with a space between BagMRU and Size).
6. If this value is not present, select New | DWORD Value from the Edit menu and name the new value BagMRU Size.
7. Double-click on the BagMRU Size value, choose Decimal, and enter the desired number of folder settings for Win XP to remember (for example, 1,000).
8. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_ CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\ShellNoRoam. If present, repeat steps 3 through 7.

That should cure Windows XP's faulty memory. The OS will "forget" all existing folder settings, but from this point onward, it should remember them correctly.