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I think the title says it all. I've scanned this group for help and
found a post from "brink" in May 2007 saying that Vista will randomly
revert to whatever Explorer view it feels like even after I've used
the "tools/view/apply to all folders" and "customise/all items/apply
to all folders" and whatever other tweak I've found on the web.
Nothing works. Even within the same sub-directory structure I get
icons instead of details. I don't want icons - I ALWAYS ALWAYS want
details.
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks for any advice.