re: Question about 'Why don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?'
Monday, July 25, 2005 at 7:09 pm
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Posted by Someguy
(1 messages posted)
After this My Computer and My Documents never remember any setting.
On Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 4:49 am, none wrote:
>"(...) sometimes Win XP refuses to remember your folder settings, even when the
checkbox
>"Remember each folder's view settings" is checked. By default, Windows XP remembers
>the last 400 folder settings. After 400, it's supposed to discard the oldest settings,
>so that it always remembers the most recent 400. In some cases, however, it just
>stops remembering new settings when the number of settings hits 400. The steps that
>follow will clear all your old folder settings so Windows XP can remember more,
and
>also raises the limit higher than 400. Here's what you do. First, roll up your sleeves
>and launch Regedit. Navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \
Microsoft
>\ Windows \ Shell. If this key is not present, skip to the next Registry key listed
>in the procedure. If a subkey named BagMRU is present, delete the entire subkey.
>If a subkey named Bags is present, delete the entire subkey. Look for a value named
>BagMRU Size (with a space between BagMRU and Size). If this value is not present,
>select New, DWORD Value from the Edit menu and name the new value BagMRU Size. Double-click
>on the BagMRU Size value, choose Decimal, and enter the desired number of folder
>settings for Win XP to remember (for example, 1,000). Navigate to the Registry key
>HKEY_ CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ ShellNoRoam. If present, repeat
>the earlier deletions. That should cure Windows XP's faulty memory. The OS will
"forget"
>all existing folder settings, but from this point onward, it should remember them
>correctly."
>
>copied from:
>http://www.toejumper.net/speed5/winex5.htm
>
>worked for me.
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