Vista Explorer Remember Folder View Settings

>
> Hi Extra,
>
> I'm sorry you have this problem. Here's how it is with me ...
>
> I've been running Vista (Home Premium) for a month. I came to it
> because I bought a new machine and Vista came with it. From what I'd
> researched on the Net about Vista, I had some reservations and wasn't
> particuarly keen on making the change from XP, because that did all I
> wanted. But that was the deal - Vista came with the new machine, and
> that was that.
>
> First impressions of Vista ... very pretty and all that, nothing
> electrifying, not fast.
>
> But then, the bombshell: my various settings for Explorer windows just
> didn't 'stick'.
>
> Naturally enough, I assumed there was something wrong with my machine
> or OS. After all, nobody but nobody would actually plan and then
> release something like that, as a deliberate act, now would they?
>
> But, yes, that's exactly what has happened. Once I got the search
> criteria right, a check with Google told me that there were many jaws
> dropping over the issue, apart from mine.
>
> It really is utterly infuriating. You click into an Explorer window,
> having set it up just the way you want it. Then, in due course you sit
> there setting it up all over again, and again, and then again.
>
> When I work on my machine, I nip into and out of various Explorer
> windows all the time. I have them set up differently, depending on what
> they are for. To pop one up and find that my configuration has been
> revised for me and changed into one that I very much don't want, is just
> plain maddening. The sheer pointlessness of someone within Microsoft
> actually designing such a system just makes the frustration even
> keener.
>
> With Explorer windows ever changing, it slows the work-flow horribly
> and is a totally unnecessary frustration. To find that the columns you
> had set previously (because those were the columns you wanted, spaced as
> you wanted them) have been merrily revised for you to provide
> information you don't want along with, say, 'Details' view changed to
> 'Icons', and so on, is at first unbelievable, then irritating, finally
> maddening. And it's all done for you, without so much as a
> by-your-leave.
>
> It's all so daft. Pointless, frustrating, unfuriating, and all to no
> purpose whatsoever.
>
> After hours of trying this fix and that one (there are quite a few on
> offer here and there by well-meaning contributors to various forums) I
> finally came across a fix that's beautifully presented and that seems to
> work. Well, most of the time.
>
> The nett result of it all, is that I now click into an Explorer window
> with a sinking heart, wondering what will await me there. Can you
> believe it!
>
> I have persevered, but I just can't take this any more.
>
> I have now written to the manufacturer of my new machine, asking if
> there's any way I can run XP on it. I'll happily pay for any drivers,
> discs, whatever, just as long as I can get back to a system that does as
> I tell it. If that option isn't open to me with my new machine, then
> I'll dispose of it and get back to a system that does do as I tell it.
>
> So, that's my couple of pence worth.
>
> Vista is, actually, very pretty. Doubtless it will improve and it may,
> one day, become as fast as XP. Whether Vista SP1 will address the issue
> of Explorer windows doing their own thing, is something I don't know.
> Mind you, I see that MS is addressing things like "Version 5.00 of the
> Mongolian Baiti font may be displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista", so
> you never know your luck!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Adrian
>
>
> --
> Adrian
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

> Hi Extra
>
> I'm sorry you have this problem. Here's how it is with me ..
>
> I've been running Vista (Home Premium) for a month. I came to i
> because I bought a new machine and Vista came with it. From what I'
> researched on the Net about Vista, I had some reservations and wasn'
> particuarly keen on making the change from XP, because that did all
> wanted. But that was the deal - Vista came with the new machine, an
> that was that
>
> First impressions of Vista ... very pretty and all that, nothin
> electrifying, not fast
>
> But then, the bombshell: my various settings for Explorer windows jus
> didn't 'stick'
>
> Naturally enough, I assumed there was something wrong with my machin
> or OS. After all, nobody but nobody would actually plan and the
> release something like that, as a deliberate act, now would they
>
> But, yes, that's exactly what has happened. Once I got the searc
> criteria right, a check with Google told me that there were many jaw
> dropping over the issue, apart from mine
>
> It really is utterly infuriating. You click into an Explorer window
> having set it up just the way you want it. Then, in due course you si
> there setting it up all over again, and again, and then again
>
> When I work on my machine, I nip into and out of various Explore
> windows all the time. I have them set up differently, depending on wha
> they are for. To pop one up and find that my configuration has bee
> revised for me and changed into one that I very much don't want, i
> jus
> plain maddening. The sheer pointlessness of someone within Microsof
> actually designing such a system just makes the frustration eve
> keener
>
> With Explorer windows ever changing, it slows the work-flow horribl
> and is a totally unnecessary frustration. To find that the columns yo
> had set previously (because those were the columns you wanted, space
> a
> you wanted them) have been merrily revised for you to provid
> information you don't want along with, say, 'Details' view changed t
> 'Icons', and so on, is at first unbelievable, then irritating, finall
> maddening. And it's all done for you, without so much as
> by-your-leave
>
> It's all so daft. Pointless, frustrating, unfuriating, and all to n
> purpose whatsoever
>
> After hours of trying this fix and that one (there are quite a few o
> offer here and there by well-meaning contributors to various forums)
> finally came across a fix that's beautifully presented and that seem
> t
> work. Well, most of the time
>
> The nett result of it all, is that I now click into an Explorer windo
> with a sinking heart, wondering what will await me there. Can yo
> believe it
>
> I have persevered, but I just can't take this any more
>
> I have now written to the manufacturer of my new machine, asking i
> there's any way I can run XP on it. I'll happily pay for any drivers
> discs, whatever, just as long as I can get back to a system that doe
> a
> I tell it. If that option isn't open to me with my new machine, the
> I'll dispose of it and get back to a system that does do as I tell it
>
> So, that's my couple of pence worth
>
> Vista is, actually, very pretty. Doubtless it will improve and it may
> one day, become as fast as XP. Whether Vista SP1 will address the issu
> of Explorer windows doing their own thing, is something I don't know
> Mind you, I see that MS is addressing things like "Version 5.00 of th
> Mongolian Baiti font may be displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista", s
> you never know your luck
>
> Best wishes
>
> Adria
>
>
> -
> Adria
> Posted via 'Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads
> (http://www.vistaheads.com

>
> Adrian;613914 Wrote:

>> Hi Extra,
>>
>> I'm sorry you have this problem. Here's how it is with me ...
>>
>> I've been running Vista (Home Premium) for a month. I came to it
>> because I bought a new machine and Vista came with it. From what I'd
>> researched on the Net about Vista, I had some reservations and wasn't
>> particuarly keen on making the change from XP, because that did all I
>> wanted. But that was the deal - Vista came with the new machine, and
>> that was that.
>>
>> First impressions of Vista ... very pretty and all that, nothing
>> electrifying, not fast.
>>
>> But then, the bombshell: my various settings for Explorer windows just
>> didn't 'stick'.
>>
>> Naturally enough, I assumed there was something wrong with my machine
>> or OS. After all, nobody but nobody would actually plan and then
>> release something like that, as a deliberate act, now would they?
>>
>> But, yes, that's exactly what has happened. Once I got the search
>> criteria right, a check with Google told me that there were many jaws
>> dropping over the issue, apart from mine.
>>
>> It really is utterly infuriating. You click into an Explorer window,
>> having set it up just the way you want it. Then, in due course you sit
>> there setting it up all over again, and again, and then again.
>>
>> When I work on my machine, I nip into and out of various Explorer
>> windows all the time. I have them set up differently, depending on what
>> they are for. To pop one up and find that my configuration has been
>> revised for me and changed into one that I very much don't want, is
>> just
>> plain maddening. The sheer pointlessness of someone within Microsoft
>> actually designing such a system just makes the frustration even
>> keener.
>>
>> With Explorer windows ever changing, it slows the work-flow horribly
>> and is a totally unnecessary frustration. To find that the columns you
>> had set previously (because those were the columns you wanted, spaced
>> as
>> you wanted them) have been merrily revised for you to provide
>> information you don't want along with, say, 'Details' view changed to
>> 'Icons', and so on, is at first unbelievable, then irritating, finally
>> maddening. And it's all done for you, without so much as a
>> by-your-leave.
>>
>> It's all so daft. Pointless, frustrating, unfuriating, and all to no
>> purpose whatsoever.
>>
>> After hours of trying this fix and that one (there are quite a few on
>> offer here and there by well-meaning contributors to various forums) I
>> finally came across a fix that's beautifully presented and that seems
>> to
>> work. Well, most of the time.
>>
>> The nett result of it all, is that I now click into an Explorer window
>> with a sinking heart, wondering what will await me there. Can you
>> believe it!
>>
>> I have persevered, but I just can't take this any more.
>>
>> I have now written to the manufacturer of my new machine, asking if
>> there's any way I can run XP on it. I'll happily pay for any drivers,
>> discs, whatever, just as long as I can get back to a system that does
>> as
>> I tell it. If that option isn't open to me with my new machine, then
>> I'll dispose of it and get back to a system that does do as I tell it.
>>
>> So, that's my couple of pence worth.
>>
>> Vista is, actually, very pretty. Doubtless it will improve and it may,
>> one day, become as fast as XP. Whether Vista SP1 will address the issue
>> of Explorer windows doing their own thing, is something I don't know.
>> Mind you, I see that MS is addressing things like "Version 5.00 of the
>> Mongolian Baiti font may be displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista", so
>> you never know your luck!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adrian
>> Posted via 'Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads'
>> (http://www.vistaheads.com)

>
> Hi Adrian,
>
> Method Two in this tutorial will help Vista remember your folder view
> settings for when the window was last closed.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html
>
> Hope it help you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
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>
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> Wow, I'm glad im not the only one with this issue
>
> I just want -EVERY- folder view to be *"Details"* with "*Filename
> Size / Date"*. Pretty simple you would think
>
> For some reason it changes to other views randomly. The worst one i
> when it changes to "album" view, as things like "filesize" to not exis
> in that type of folde
> (eg. If I want a quick workaround and expose filesize manually then an
> there, I cannot). Nor can I change the view type back
> The nonsensical part is I dont have any music or sound file
> specifically, so I can't even see any sense of logic in it changing i
> the first place. :mad
>
> I cannot say to myself "ah, thats not what I wanted - but that folde
> is all music files, so I can see the logic in it changing to albu
> view"
> *There is NO logic* behind this. :confused
>
> This really, truly, blows my mind
> Are they going to fix this? Vista has been out for some time now, so i
> scared this is a "non-issue" to Microsoft
> I want a proper fix, not some 3rd party patch or workaround -
> shouldn't have to do that for my OS to work properly. :mad
>
> Peac
>
>
> -
> sne
> Posted via 'Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads
> (http://www.vistaheads.com