Users with many folders on their system might experience an annoying problem in Windows Vista which has already plagued many Windows XP users as well. Windows remembers by default the folder view settings of 200 local folders and 200 network folders initially. Windows Vista remembers 5000 folders which are usually enough for most users.
Some users have more than 5000 folders on their system and they will experience that the folder view is resetting itself whenever the limit is reached. It works like a first in first out cache once the limit has been reached.
Here is what you need to do to fix it (via Redmond Pie): Open the Windows Registry by pressing Windows R, typing in regedit and hitting enter. Now navigate to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Classes \Local Settings \Software \Microsoft \Windows \Shell and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it BagMRU Size. Double-click the entry and give it a value of 10000, double the default amount.
Work with your system for a while and see if all folder view settings are remembered. If it is not enough increase the number a second time to 15000 or even 20000. The same can be applied to Windows XP, the limit in XP seems to be 8000 though.
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Thanks. I was getting so frustrated, I was about to set up a flame site just to flame those idiots at MicroShaft.
Thanks a million for that tip! This has been annoying me for ages. I recently had a spring clean and reloaded Vista and it hasn’t been a problem yet because a lot of old programs didn’t get reloaded and that makes sense.
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Thanks you VERY much for this too. This has Pi$$ed me off for many years in XP (which I still run) without a solution. Granted I also hadn’t searched for a solution, but it still pi$$ed me off all the time. Much thanks again Martin! I love your web site.