WinXP won't remember folder settings

[Dilio]

anyone have any potential ideas on how to FORCE WinXP Pro to remember folder settings?....i believe i have all the proper options checked, but some windows (ie. Control Panel), refuse to keep the settings i choose....like i want Icons to show, but it constantly resorts back to Details when i reopen the window

a couple of months ago i posted a similar message, and was advised to delete a bunch of Registry values/folders, but that didn't seem to work

[robjohn]

I'm not sure if this will cure your problem, but it might be worth looking at.

My folders wouldn't hold their size properly, and this seemed to fix it.



hxxp://www.jsiinc.com/SUBL/tip5800/rh5843.htm

[Dilio]

FYI, this solved my problem :

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linney (TechnicalUser) Nov 4, 2002
h**p://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/default.asp ;

Sometimes windows XP forgets it's folder view settings.

Here is the solution.

Backup these RegKeys.

1:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam\BagMRU]

2:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam\Bags]

After that you must delete them.

Restart windows to take effect.

Now you can change each folder and the setting will stay.

[~*McoreD*~]

Ok, I am curious....

Is this a bug in Windows XP that hasn't been addressed even by the Service Pack 1 ?
Because, this has never happened to me in Windows 98, Windows ME or in Windows 2000....