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Old 06-15-2007  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Windows Explorer Folder View settings

How to Reset Windows Explorer Folder View Settings to Make Vista Remember
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Last edited by Brink; 05-07-2009 at 06:52 PM..
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Old 05-02-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by cragganmore View Post
You, sir, are a saint. Thank you!
Your welcome Cragganmore, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

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Old 05-07-2008  
Xibalba


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Thank you so absolutely much for this tutorial!

I have lots of storage on my main PC (a few TB) and was having problems with Vista remembering the folder settings - particularly with folders containing huge amounts of photos or video files. Explorer would even crash periodically when opening one of these folders and/or copying contents between these folder types.

This simple tutorial (and also the .reg file) has literally brought me so much joy. Thanks to Google for leading me to this tutorial and forum...
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Old 05-07-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Your welcome Xibalba, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn
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Old 05-19-2008  
Exostenza


Vista Home Premium X64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Seems to have worked so far. Much appreciated as I cannot believe this is a problem in Vista and it has been killing me since I got it over a year ago!!
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Old 05-19-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Your welcome Exostenza, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn
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Old 05-20-2008  
Exostenza


Vista Home Premium X64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

It been a couple of restarts now and the reg fix is holding up.

Spot on.
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Old 05-20-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Thank you for the feedback Exostenza. I'm happy to hear it.

Shawn
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Old 05-30-2008  
MilesAhead


Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP1
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Brink View Post
Hi MilesAhead,

Give this a try. It prevents XP from being able to see Vista, which may prevent it from messing with Vista when you switch OS's. It may do the trick for you.

System Restore Points - Stop XP Dual Boot Delete

Shawn
Brink, rereading the thread I see that the registry key
HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags

is crucial to Explorer folder settings. I'm thinking if I'd rather keep it so that I
can see my Vista drive when XP is running would this solution work: get the
Vista explorer folder settings the way I want them, then export that key to a .reg
file. If the view settings get hosed, run the .reg file to restore them?

Or is there a bunch of other junk in those settings to hose my setup?
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Old 05-30-2008  
sidney1st


Ultimate SP1 x64 & x86
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

All that these BAGS entries do is remember settings, a new Bags entry gets re-created once you logoff, logon and start using Windows Explorer.
Of course, you may export as a reg file that branch and re-import it in case of
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Old 05-30-2008  
Karl Snooks


Vista Ultimate
 
 

Re: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

help! I don't get a .reg file, but rather an "attachment.php" file. What now?
karl
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