Folder view options changing by themselves

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Brand new XPS 710 right out of the box:    I set folder view to 'details' and clicked 'apply to all folders.'  I also have 'remember each folder's view settings' checked under 'advanced settings.  Works fine for a while then all folders start opening in 'tile' or 'Icons' view.   Win XP Pro v. 5.1.2600 Srv Pk 2 build 2600   Same version of software works fine on my inspiron laptop.   Anyone have an idea?

mombodog · Answer

How many folders do you have?, there is a limitation In XP sp2 of 5,000 folders that XP can remember view settings for, so if you have more than 5K folders, this behavior begins to happen.   You can check this setting in the registry.   By default SP2 has a folder cache setting of 5,000 folders to remember view settings for each folder, if you have in excess of 5,000 folders (total of all harddrives) you have to make a registry change and up it to the maximum of 8,000. to do this Start-Run-regedit and navigate to these two folders HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell     then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam in the right hand pane look for 'BagMRU size'  right click 'modify' and select 'decimal' and set 'value data' to 8,000 Do this in both locations, reboot to take effect

mombodog · Answer

Just to be sure, go to folder options/view tab and check 'remember each folders view settings' is ticked.

JimhLA · Answer

O.K. thank you for the help.  Just curious...how can I tell (without actually openiing 5k folders one at a time) how many folders I have?  Or do I just assume that having this problem means I've exceeded 5,000?

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Folder view options changing by themselves

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