When I open another folder, there are those damned icons again instead of the
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Instructions are at the top of the page.
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Didn't work.
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> Turn OFF "Launch folder windows in a separate process" then redo the "Apply
> to all folders"
>
>
In Regedit navigate to each of these keys and delete them
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and
delete the value
Shellstate
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Cabinet
State and delete the value
Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
MRU (may not exist)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags
[the above one is what reset deletes, 90% of the time it is sufficient but
10% of the time the BagMRU needs to be deleted too. If you know what cross
linked files are the same thing is happening here - the BagMRU point to the
wrong Bag or serveral BagMRU point to the same bag]
Then in Task Manager, File - Run type explorer. (Start menu and Desktop come
back).
You then need to reconfigure explorer and the desktop.
===================================================================
Understanding Saved Views and Browsing Folders
In Windows 2000 Professional, the view you use is not always permanently
saved in Windows Explorer. You can control whether the views you use are
saved permanently or temporarily by using the Remember each folder's view
settings check box on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box (see
figure 9.3).
By default the Remember each folder's view settings option is enabled. When
you choose to leave this setting enabled, the following happens:
a.. The changes you make to a folder's view is automatically saved when
you close the folder.
b.. The view you use to view one folder is not applied to other folders.
c.. When you open a folder, it opens in the view you used when you last
viewed it.
When you clear the check box for Remember each folder's view settings, the
following happens:
a.. When you start Windows Explorer, the first folder you view displays in
the folder's saved view. Windows Explorer holds that view in temporary
memory and applies it to all the folders that you visit while Windows
Explorer remains open unless you manually alter the view.
b.. As you browse to other folders (after the initial folder is opened),
the saved view for each folder is ignored, and when you quit Windows
Explorer, the folder view that you have been using to view multiple folders
is deleted from temporary memory.
c.. The next time you open Windows Explorer, once again, it is the saved
view of the first folder you open that determines how you view multiple
folders.
Setting All Folders to the Same View
Some users want to have all their Windows Explorer folders set to the same
view. In Windows 2000 Professional, the default setting is that any change
made to a folder's view is automatically saved when you close the folder and
is not applied to other folders. However, you can set all folders to the
same view by using the Folder Options command as described in the following
procedure.
To set all folders to the same view
1.. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, set the view to your preference.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3.. In the Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab.
4.. Under Folder Views, click Like Current Folder.
Important The Remember each folder's view settings check box on the View tab
of the Folder Options dialog box (see Figure 9.3) affects how the view
settings of individual folders are applied and saved. For more information
about the impact of clearing this check box, see "Understanding Saved Views
and Browsing Folders" earlier in this chapter.
Windows 2000 Resource Kit
==========================================================================
And check
NoSaveSettings
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0
Description
Prevents users from saving certain changes to the
desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes,
such as the positions of open windows and the size and
position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log
off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved.
This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings
at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the
registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If
you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group
Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system
behaves as though the value is 0.
Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.
1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are not saved.
Windows 2000 Resource Kit Reference
============================================================================
Saved folder settings are stored in BagMRU. Defaults and network/removable
drives are stored in Streams key (as everything was in earlier versions).
You have to do Apply To All while in a file folder.
For each type of object (File Folder, Control Panel, My Computer, etc) that
you do an Apply to All in it's clsid and the settings are created/updated at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
\Defaults
{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837} is ordinary folders, and other
numbers are what ever they are (My Comp, Control Panel, etc - note My Docs
is an ordinary folder). They only appear IF you do an apply to all in that
type of object.
as well as a higher set of defaults at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
Settings=
So the point being in the order that you do things. You want to do your
overall default setting last. This is how I advised someone who asked
> Can someone please tell me how to force Windows to keep
> the seperate folder view settings I choose? I have
> checked and rechecked the box in folder options for it to
> remember, but it has no memory for that issue. To be more
> specific; I want to always have the thumbnail view in My
> Pictures and also in the Control Panel Dialog, but every
> time I open them I have to manually set that view.
Set Control Panel how you want then Tools - View - Apply To All Folders.
This sets the global default and the Control Panel type of objects defaults
(but the system default remains the same - it can't be changed but all other
defaults/settings override it). Then go to an ordinary folder (as My Pics is
for this feature) and set it how you want all folders but CP. Then Tools -
View - Apply To All Folders. This sets the global default and the file
folder type of object defaults (CP's default settings will still override
the global). Then set My Pics how you want it and do nothing else as we are
saving it by the checkbox Remember Folder Settings AND BY THE PATH WE GOT
THERE. EG
Desktop\My Comp\C:\Documents & Settings\user name\My Docs\My Pics
is a different setting to
Desktop\My Comp\My Docs\My Pics
There is some searching for similar settings but the path used, if too
different, means it won't find the settings for similar named folders.
The system defaults (and saved settings for individual folders already
opened) are the only setting unless you've done an Apply To All, eg no
global or type defaults.
Plus if you hold down control and click close while in a file folder it also
updates
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Shellstate=
This is mainly setting irrelevent things except it holds the global sort,
which all the others override. But File Open dialog boxes only use this
setting, so it basically only affects sorting in File Open dialogs. But it
seems that sometimes an earlier windows versions setting get written here
and other settings then aren't saved
typedef struct {
BOOL fShowAllObjects:1;
BOOL fShowExtensions:1;
BOOL fNoConfirmRecycle:1;
BOOL fShowSysFiles:1;
BOOL fShowCompColor:1;
BOOL fDoubleClickInWebView:1;
BOOL fDesktopHTML:1;
BOOL fWin95Classic:1;
BOOL fDontPrettyPath:1;
BOOL fShowAttribCol:1;
BOOL fMapNetDrvBtn:1;
BOOL fShowInfoTip:1;
BOOL fHideIcons:1;
BOOL fWebView:1;
BOOL fFilter:1;
BOOL fShowSuperHidden:1;
BOOL fNoNetCrawling:1;
DWORD dwWin95Unused;
UINT uWin95Unused;
LONG lParamSort;
int iSortDirection;
UINT version;
UINT uNotUsed;
BOOL fSepProcess:1;
BOOL fStartPanelOn:1;
BOOL fShowStartPage:1;
UINT fSpareFlags:13;
} SHELLSTATE, *LPSHSHELLSTATE;
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My own shortcut was using explorer.exe /e in the target line.
Now I made a shortcut using explorer.scf in the target line and everything
works fine again.
So the issue is short cut sensitive as well.
Didn't work for me. I clicked Start > Run and typed "regedit", then clicked
Start. That dumped me back on the desktop without opening regedit. Then I
clicked Start > Turn off computer and it did.
After I restarted the computer, I was at a loss for what you wanted me to do
next, so I started regedit and deleted the various keys and values one by one.
When I finished, I rebooted. Giving the three finger salute to bring up the
task manager afterwards, I went File > Run and typed in "explorer". Windows
Explorer started but I didn't see any improvement. I'd set it to show details,
go to Tools > Folder Options > View nad reset it to set all folders like the
current view. And then I'd be right back where I started. It did what it
wanted; not what I wanted.
I want the details to show as the default view. It won't let me do it with my
father's username. It does in my username. This is FUBAR. And it makes me
nervous screwing around in the registry.
This is what I get for not running pirated software. <G> No good deed goes
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I reread it and did the above. I got to the place you described.
>>> In Regedit navigate to each of these keys and delete them
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and
>>> delete the value
>>> Shellstate
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Cabinet
>>> State and delete the value
>>> Settings
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
>>> MRU (may not exist)
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags
>>> [the above one is what reset deletes, 90% of the time it is sufficient but
>>> 10% of the time the BagMRU needs to be deleted too. If you know what cross
>>> linked files are the same thing is happening here - the BagMRU point to the
>>> wrong Bag or serveral BagMRU point to the same bag]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Then in Task Manager, File - Run type explorer. (Start menu and Desktop come
>>> back).
>>>
>>> You then need to reconfigure explorer and the desktop.
Then I did all of the above. It was impossible to get the quick launch option
back on the toolbar. I tried a reboot but it didn't fix it. Nor did Windows
Explorer remember my settings. I ended up restoring the registry to a point
from this morning.
So I crapped out again.
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>>>
Seems to me this is an ongoing old issue (remember 'folder views' and 'window
sizes') that MS should have undertaken to correct or create a "simple"
solution for
ages ago. I seem to remember something about 'window sizes', at least, that
used to be easily settable via some 'win.ini' (or something) file.
Anyhow, good luck to you. I'll do a bit more searching first myself for
'window size', etc., before deciding whether to post or to try what I've come
across so far - none of which I've read so far seems to have worked for ALL
posters here 100% of the time. That is to say, on the surface of it, it
doesn't so far look like there's a "one fits all" solution.
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Any case, didn't get this message 'til today. Moreover, got tied up
(literally). No matter; soon as recuperate, will review this quite large qty
of data here and see how she goes.
Another odd one popped up a while back. The right pane turned into an
alphabetical order
view I'd never seen before. I'll just give a file-view example. Except for
the "etc."s and the
phoney filenames, what you see below is exactly what I saw (talking about
the A, B, C
headers):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name etc.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A
axfile1 etc.
B
bxfile1 etc.
C
cxfile1 etc.
etc. etc.
Clicking on "Name" on the bar, did not change the order. This view was
persistant. I later
cleaned the Registry a bit, chose "List" view in Folder Options, etc. and
re-booted. Things
went back to normal for now. Think I've got to many files and folders.
Don't know where that view came from; nor have I been able to re-create it
since. Curious.
Anyhow, will check out your instructions in due time and let you know.
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