With regard to remembering each folder's view settings in windows explorer:

In my case, I've noticed that the problem (in my case) is also related to the specific 
way you use to open windows explorer, i.e. which shortcut you used.  If for example 
I use the "My Computer" shortcut or the "Windows Explorer shortcut" (on the Programs>Accessories 
menu) in its original state, i.e. NOT MODIFIED in any way, or "windows key + E" on 
my keyboard, my windows explorer seems to be working correctly with regards to remembering 
each folder's view.  However, if you modify the windows explorer shortcut to open 
to a specific path, e.g. by setting the Target of the shorcut to the following:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e

which is used to open explorer to your C drive in stead of your My Documents folder, 
then it won't remember each folder's view settings.  In fact, the only way you can 
change a folder's view permanently IN THAT SPECIFIC INSTANCE OF WINDOWS EXPLORER 
which was started with the modified shortcut, is to use the use the "apply to all 
folders" button in the "folder options" in which case of course it affects and changes 
all your folders views.

Thus, IN MY CASE, modified shorcuts seems to be the problem.  I have not verified 
this over a long period of time and maybe windows explorer will stil sometimes forget 
a folder's view.  

One way to maybe fix this, is instead use:  %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:\

This seems to do the trick.  I got it from "http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/r1075925998"






On Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at 12:19 pm, Carl Garthwaite wrote:
>Remember each folder's settings is the FIRST thing I tried...   I'm going to try 
>the "EXPLORER /e,c:\" command line and see if that works...   I had to do something 
>very similar in the past for win2k...  Cheers! Monsoon
>
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