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re: Why don't Desktop folders remember their 'View'?
Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 4:22 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Ociepka
(7 messages posted)
Make sure the folders on the desktop are shortcuts and they will
remember the Icon mode. Move your folders off the desktop to the
C-Drive and create a shortcut to the desktop.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 4:02 am, Chris Upton wrote:
>My annoyance appears to be related; spacing and location of Desktop items is remembered,
>but the contents of all my Desktop folders are often being changed from 'Icon' view
>to 'List' view. It appears to happen at random, some nights never but others a number
>of times.
>I installed XP lean and mean. I use the 'Classic' look desktop, all programmes are
>accessed from the Desktop via a Shortcut or folder. I have nothing in 'Start', 'Programs',
>etc. I'll arrange programmes etc within each Desktop folder to be in 'Icon' view,
>and without telling XP otherwise (wittingly) the next time I might open any desktop
>folder they are all displayed in 'List' view.
>I feel it might be 'Explorer' related as I access it via a Desktop Shortcut and
my
>view within Explorer is 'List'.
>I cannot find any preference setting within XP where I can tell it that I want a
>'List' view within Explorer but an 'Icon' view for my Desktop folders. I am aware
>I am able to apply either to everything.
>Apologies if I have missed something simple, I did not encounter this one with '98'
>and a couple of nights at MS's site shed no light ... and I'm starting to get really
>pissed off having to rearrange the furniture most times I fire up this box.
>Regards,
>Chris Upton.
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