Folder View keeps changing - Windows 7

[slipd]

Hi guys,

Several that I frequently access appear to keep changing view... I generally set my view to Large Icons but in one session alone I have to reset the view because it keeps defaulting back to Medium Icons. I'm pretty sure this has only just recently started to happen, it's been fine for ages

Any ideas?

 

[tnx]

I Pulled this from a forum

n Windows 7, Windows 8 and Vista, folder view settings are saved for 5 different folder "templates" depending on their content. So open five folders, one each of the 5 types - containing General/Miscellaneous files, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos. Set the view to whatever you want, then open Folder Options from *that folder*. Folder Options is located under Tools Menu (Windows 7/Vista) or the View tab on the Ribbon (Windows 8). In Folder Options, switch to View tab and click "Apply to all folders". This should make it save the setting for all folders of that content type. Repeat this once for each of these five folders types.

This may help

 

[mrk]

Windows has always had this bug since the early XP days. MS acknowledged it in some technet threads years ago and there are 3rd party tools to reset/increase the cache limit to the amount of folders Windows remembers view settings for before it starts to forget.

Essentially there are a number of registry locations where "Bags/MRU" entries are stored, this is where Windows stores folder view settings and once this fills up, Windows starts to forget.

My Windows 7 install is old but well maintained, I have noticed this bug since Windows Vista and once a year, because I have a lot of folders and custom views set, have to delete the Bags/MRU trees in regedit to reset it, until another years or so has elapsed and it needs doing again.

What this does is reverts all view settings in folders to default ready for customisation again.

Some info on it here with auto/manual fixes: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711

I hold my mouth at the thought of this going on for so long and MS not patching it properly but that's MS for you.

Most users won't have this bug or notice it simply because they don't have many view settings set outside of default or their Windows install isn't old enough to accumulate those registry entries.

Be sure to export a copy of your registry before making any changes and also create a restore point just in case you accidentally delete the wrong thing and need to import the backup/restore.