Vista - vista keeps forgetting folder view settings

Hi all,

am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview pane
enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just gone.
Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't get it
back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?

The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
setting, details is one I've seen.

Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?

For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
drivers diskperformance is pretty good.

Patrick

Hi Patrick,

Yes, getting the same thing here... Normally happens with Control Panel
mostly on my machine, where either it switches to detail view without being
asked to, or the 'classic view' setting that I like to use doesn't
'stick'... keeps reverting to the other view.

32 bit Vista Ultimate....

Cheers,
Chris.


"Patrick" <patrick.kessen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C5FCF1DB-1A44-4C71-8139-800C71166263@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview
> pane enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just
> gone. Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't
> get it back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
>
> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
> setting, details is one I've seen.
>
> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
>
> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
>
> Patrick

"Patrick" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview pane
> enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just gone.
> Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't get it
> back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
>
> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
> setting, details is one I've seen.
>
> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
>
> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
>
> Patrick
>

"Patrick" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview pane
> enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just gone.
> Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't get it
> back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
>
> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
> setting, details is one I've seen.
>
> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
>
> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
>
> Patrick

Hi,

This is actually one of the huge number of bugs copy/paste-ad bugs from XP.
i've tried to find a way to resolve this incredible and annoying problem, but
there's no real trick how to get this resolved. the XP is on the market for a
very long time, and it's amazing that they don't have an explanation for this
bug. What the hell was microsoft doing through all this years, and how dare
they copy the old Windows Explorer into the new system with just new
interface, claiming that it's all new and bla bla bla..... i got whole bunch
of c/p bugs from XP that i encountered in my Vista Ultimate system, and if
y'all want a list i can put it in a special thread. i'm sick of MS and their
half-finished products. >

Patrick wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview
> pane enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just
> gone. Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't
> get it back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
>
> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
> setting, details is one I've seen.
>
> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
>
> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
>
> Patrick

A few things to check for, but yes, there are problems...
- Organise > Folder and Search Options > View > make sure there is a
tick next to "Remember each folder's view settings"
- Vista has the concept of folder templates. You can see and change
which template is used from Organise > Properties > Customise
- If you go to Organise > Folder and Search Options > View and click
"Apply to Folders", the current view is applied to all folders WITH THE
SAME TEMPLATE - not all folders everywhere. This (understandably) seems
to cause some confusion.
- For folders for which a template hasn't been selected, Explorer looks
at the content and tried to choose an appropriate template (Pictures,
Music etc.) This can be disabled by a registry edit suggested to me in
another thread (I've included the quote below)

Having done all that, I have still found that two particular folders
always have the same view. If I change one, the other has changed next
time I open it, even though I haven't selected the option to apply the
view to other folders with the same template. If you want to see more
detail of what has been suggested to me, look for my post "Folder views
randomly changing" on 14/04/07


Registry edit to disable content detection is below. If you delete the
entire "Bags" key to remove any currently saved views, most folders
including Pictures, Videos, Documents, etc. will be reset to "All
Items". If you want them to have their special views back, you'll need
to go into the customisation options and change the template back after
applying the edit.

Keith Miller MVP wrote:
> As for over-zealous content-sniffing (forcing the Pictures template on a
> folder), you can kill that with the following regedit. It will override
> autosense & set the template for any folder without a saved view as 'All
> Items'.
>
> Copy the text between the lines below into notepad & save as a .reg file.
> Watch out for line wrap -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...\Shell] is all one line,
> there is a space between 'Local' and 'Settings'.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Merging the .reg file will set the 'All Items' template for any folders
> that
> don't currently have a view saved with a different template. You can
clear
> all saved views by deleting the
>
> "HKCU\Software\Classes\Local
> Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags"
>
> key BEFORE merging the .reg file. If any folders open with a different
> template after clearing the 'Bags' key & merging the .reg file, they most
> likely have a template specified via their desktop.ini file.

Classic Control Panel can be weird. While troubleshooting for another post
here, I cleared all saved view settings, then started testing saved views --
classic control panel wasn't doing it. But this fixed it:

Open control panel & configure the view to your liking. Then press <Alt> +
T to display the 'Tools' menu. Select 'Folder Options...' -> 'View' tab ->
'Apply to Folders' (don't worry, you're only applying settings to "all" the
folders of the control panel category :-)

After I did that, Control Panel started saving its views like other folders.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

"Chris Thompson" <c.thompson@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:692867F6-20C8-45E4-9958-6A9B9127290E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Patrick,
>
> Yes, getting the same thing here... Normally happens with Control Panel
> mostly on my machine, where either it switches to detail view without
> being asked to, or the 'classic view' setting that I like to use doesn't
> 'stick'... keeps reverting to the other view.
>
> 32 bit Vista Ultimate....
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.
>
>
> "Patrick" <patrick.kessen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C5FCF1DB-1A44-4C71-8139-800C71166263@microsoft.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
>> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview
>> pane enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just
>> gone. Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't
>> get it back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
>>
>> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
>> setting, details is one I've seen.
>>
>> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
>>
>> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
>> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
>> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
>>
>> Patrick
>

I was having the same problem as the original poster, but only with the games
folder. It simply stopped remembering its setting one day. Keith's solotion
fixed the problem in the games folder for me.

"Keith Miller MVP" wrote:

> Classic Control Panel can be weird. While troubleshooting for another post
> here, I cleared all saved view settings, then started testing saved views --
> classic control panel wasn't doing it. But this fixed it:
>
> Open control panel & configure the view to your liking. Then press <Alt> +
> T to display the 'Tools' menu. Select 'Folder Options...' -> 'View' tab ->
> 'Apply to Folders' (don't worry, you're only applying settings to "all" the
> folders of the control panel category :-)
>
> After I did that, Control Panel started saving its views like other folders.
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>
> "Chris Thompson" <c.thompson@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:692867F6-20C8-45E4-9958-6A9B9127290E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > Yes, getting the same thing here... Normally happens with Control Panel
> > mostly on my machine, where either it switches to detail view without
> > being asked to, or the 'classic view' setting that I like to use doesn't
> > 'stick'... keeps reverting to the other view.
> >
> > 32 bit Vista Ultimate....
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris.
> >
> >
> > "Patrick" <patrick.kessen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:C5FCF1DB-1A44-4C71-8139-800C71166263@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> am I the only one with this issue? The Games and Contacts folder for
> >> instance. The games and contact folder both start out with the preview
> >> pane enabled. After a while the preview pane in Contacts is gone, just
> >> gone. Enabling it there, enables it in other folders as well so I can't
> >> get it back without enabling the preview pane in other folders as well?
> >>
> >> The Games folder all of a sudden switches from large icons to another
> >> setting, details is one I've seen.
> >>
> >> Is there a fix out? Or am I the only one having issues like this?
> >>
> >> For the rest I'm very happy with my 64bit Vista Ultimate. My 8800GTX
> >> performs pretty nice with 158.18 and as long as I use XP64 nforce4 sata
> >> drivers diskperformance is pretty good.
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >
>
>