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re: Question about 'Why don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?'
Saturday, July 30, 2005 at 2:27 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by K. Rainer
(3 messages posted)
I still have a problem with the FOLDER SETTINGS. 1) I open the Windows Explorer and
adjust the window to the size of approximately half a screen. 2)Then I select |Tools
|Folder Options|View|Apply to All Folders| 3)The next time the Explorer is opened
it appears in the proper size. So far so good. 4) I select |My Docs| and adjust the
window to the size of approximately half a screen 5)Then I select |Tools |Folder
Options|View|Apply to All Folders| 6)The next time |My Docs| is opened it appears
in the desired size. OK. But now the Explorer has lost its carefully adjusted settings
and returned to the Windows defaults! In other words, if I fix the WINDOWS EXPLORER
then MY DOCS gets messed up and if I fix MY DOCS then the EXPLORER gets fouled up.
Anybody knows a solution to this PITA? K. Rainer
On Friday, May 13, 2005 at 5:03 am, Ken wrote:
>Hi Gordon, I hate this about XP. With earlier versions of Windows this wasn't a
problem.
>I have managed a "workable solution" for my preferences, I'll see if I can help
you.
>
>First thing you need to do is Open your My Documents folder and place it and size
>it exactly how you want it to stay. Next, Click on Tools->Folder Options->View Tab->Advanced
>Settings->Remember each folder's view settings (scroll down to it and check the
box).
>
>Now, the messed up thing about XP is that any point AFTER you've done this to your
>My Docs folder (and it's working fine), if you later change settings to OTHER folders,
>and click on "Apply to all Folders", you lose your My Docs folder settings.
>
>Also (and this is even more annoying to me), if you open your perfectly sized and
>placed My Docs folder and within that WINDOW you go UP to another folder or DOWN
>to another folder, your properly placed and sized window doesn't belong to My Docs
>anymore. It belongs to the NEW FOLDER you opened in that window. So since you've
>checked the box "Remember each folder's view settings", now the new folder gets
the
>saved view settings. If you then open My Doc's again, XP often won't place a new
>window directly on top of another one, so it loses part or all of it's previously
>saved characteristics.
>
>So you end up having to make sure you:
>1. Size and place My Docs how you want it
>2. Check the box "Remember each folder's view settings"
>3. Afterward, Don't change folder settings and "Apply to all folders"
>4. Within the My Docs folder, if you explore UP or DOWN to another folder, GO BACK
>to My Docs before closing the Window.
>
>This will keep My Docs opening how you want it. Not too much of a PITA once you
understand
>how to MAKE it work.
>
>Ken
>
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