Why Do the Folder Thumbnails Keep Changing...

ghostgunna@mail.tpg.com.au wrote:

> The thumbnails that are displayed to represent specific
> folders eventually get changed but not by me. They often
> get changed to pictures that are not even in the
> respective folder! Also the attributes for music or
> photos gets reset.
>
> Can this be fixed?

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Have a look at the following article:

(813711) Your view settings or customizations
for a folder are lost or incorrect
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711

You can download TweakUI from the following site.
It has an option to increase Folder Customizations.
I have mine set on 5000.

Windows XP PowerToys / free download
http://tinyurl.com/36n

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"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote
| ghostgunna@mail.tpg.com.au wrote:
| > The thumbnails that are displayed to represent specific
| > folders eventually get changed but not by me. They often
| > get changed to pictures that are not even in the
| > respective folder! Also the attributes for music or
| > photos gets reset.
| >
| > Can this be fixed?
| =====================================
|
| Have a look at the following article:
|
| (813711) Your view settings or customizations
| for a folder are lost or incorrect
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711
|
| You can download TweakUI from the following site.
| It has an option to increase Folder Customizations.
| I have mine set on 5000.
|
| Windows XP PowerToys / free download
| http://tinyurl.com/36n
|
| --
|
| John Inzer
| Picture It! MVP

John,

TweakUI v2.10 for XP sets an incorrect Bags registry entry,
so that will have no effect.

Better to use Bags8000.Reg from
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

a nonymous wrote:

> John,
>
> TweakUI v2.10 for XP sets an incorrect Bags registry
> entry, so that will have no effect.
>
> Better to use Bags8000.Reg from
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Thanks for the info but TweakUI works for me.

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"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote:
| a nonymous wrote:
| > TweakUI v2.10 for XP sets an incorrect Bags registry
| > entry, so that will have no effect.
|
| > Better to use Bags8000.Reg from
| > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
| ==
| Thanks for the info but TweakUI works for me.

Then you must be using an unofficially patched version of
TweakUI v2.10 for XP. If so, if you change your setting
from 5000 to 5, then you would lose your folder customizations
in a very short time.

Look at...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam

"BagMRU Size" is the correct value name.

"Bag MRU Size" is the value name incorrectly generated
and changed by TweakUI v2.10 for XP.

Using the official TweakUI v2.10 for XP to set
"Folders to remember" will have no effect.

a nonymous wrote:

> Then you must be using an unofficially patched version of
> TweakUI v2.10 for XP. If so, if you change your setting
> from 5000 to 5, then you would lose your folder
> customizations in a very short time.
>
> Look at...
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell
> and
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam
>
> "BagMRU Size" is the correct value name.
>
> "Bag MRU Size" is the value name incorrectly generated
> and changed by TweakUI v2.10 for XP.
>
> Using the official TweakUI v2.10 for XP to set
> "Folders to remember" will have no effect.

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I have both values in both of the locations
you posted.

Bag MRU Size
BagMRU Size

Both say 5000 which is what I entered with
TweakUI. The verison of TweakUI I am using
is from the PowerToy download page.

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Picture It! MVP
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| a nonymous wrote:
| > Then you must be using an unofficially patched version of
| > TweakUI v2.10 for XP. If so, if you change your setting
| > from 5000 to 5, then you would lose your folder
| > customizations in a very short time.
|
| > Look at...
| > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell
| > and
| > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell NoRoam
|
| > "BagMRU Size" is the correct value name.
|
| > "Bag MRU Size" is the value name incorrectly generated
| > and changed by TweakUI v2.10 for XP.
|
| > Using the official TweakUI v2.10 for XP to set
| > "Folders to remember" will have no effect.

John Inzer wrote:
| I have both values in both of the locations you posted.
|
| Bag MRU Size
| BagMRU Size
|
| Both say 5000 which is what I entered with TweakUI.
| The verison of TweakUI I am using
| is from the PowerToy download page.

That website also has a download for Tweak UI for Itanium-based
systems [TweakUIPowertoySetup_ia64.exe].

I am running XP Pro SP1 on a 32-bit x86.

I have just downloaded TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe, but it is
identical to the file which I had previously downloaded and
installed.

My TweakUI v2.10 never changes my "BagMRU Size" value.
It only generates and changes the "Bag MRU Size", which has no effect.

a nonymous wrote:

> That website also has a download for Tweak UI for
> Itanium-based systems [TweakUIPowertoySetup_ia64.exe].
>
> I am running XP Pro SP1 on a 32-bit x86.
>
> I have just downloaded TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe, but it is
> identical to the file which I had previously downloaded
> and installed.
>
> My TweakUI v2.10 never changes my "BagMRU Size" value.
> It only generates and changes the "Bag MRU Size", which
> has no effect.

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I'm running Win XP Home SP2
on an old PIII500. It's definitely
not 64-bit.

I don't know what to tell you...
except that it works for me.
If something other than TweakUI
changed the values I have no
idea what it was.

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Thanx 4 your replys.

It says on the microsoft link that the problem has been fixed by
Service Pack 2. I will install it but I am curious to know if I will
still need to modify the registry. Does windows automatically increase
the number of folders it will memorise settings for?

Thanx again