Possible solution to Windows Explorer not remembering your folderview settings

I had the above problem on a new install of XP SP2. You could go into a
folder in Windows Explorer and change the view from details to
thumbnails (as an example). Then when you closed the folder and reopened
it the view was back to details. Didn't seem to matter if you used the
view settings to make all folders the same or anything else. Also tried
the registry edits of the shell and shell open, bag mru keys. That
didn't have any effect either. Seems that this is a widespread problem
and is also cropping up in Vista.

Well today I was playing around and discovered a way to apply the view
you want and have it STAY.
Instead of using windows explorer to visit the files I double clicked
the "My Computer" icon and wandered around a bit. Discovered that if I
went into a folder, set the view I wanted and then closed it that it
stayed that way. If I then use Explorer to view the folder/files they
are still set the way I wanted them.
Maybe it is a way to get around the problem.

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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Life is not like a box of chocolates
it's more like a jar of jalapenos-
what you do today could burn your ass tomorrow!