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Another kind of odd problem. On my XP machine, I have a Admin account and a couple of “Power User” accounts. The power users work fine, but in the Admin account, EVERY folder I open up has exactly the same view… I have gone to the Folder->Options and it is set normally (open each folder in it’s own window, and remember each folder’s settings), but it does not good.

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Hi Richard

How about

1) Open a folder
2) Click Tools
3) Folder Options
4) View and click Reset All Folders ( NB Desktop.ini file is not affected)
5) Close the folder.
6) Open and customize the folder again.
7) Click View
8) Apply to All Folders

XP Admin may just need a kick start

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Hi Richard

How about

1) Open a folder
2) Click Tools
3) Folder Options
4) View and click Reset All Folders ( NB Desktop.ini file is not affected)
5) Close the folder.
6) Open and customize the folder again.
7) Click View
8) Apply to All Folders

XP Admin may just need a kick start

Well, I tried it — it may or may not be working… that sounds confusing, so I better clarify; the first time I resized and changed the display type of a window, it didn’t seem to “remember” it (despite having the “Remember each folder’s view” box ticked. After a time delay, the first folder did… However, multiple attempts to have it remember the settings for the folder that opens for “System” and other folders aren’t doing any good — they all open in the same size and position.

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I had this problem with XP also. What worked for me was to set the parent folder to the view I wanted in the subfolders. Worked 99% of the time. Only time it didn’t work was when I had to ‘Repair’ the OS. Then it reset to ‘defaults’.

One other thing you might try, is to click on ‘Properties’ of the folder, click ‘Customize’ tab, and change the “Kind of folder you want”

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I had this problem with XP also. What worked for me was to set the parent folder to the view I wanted in the subfolders. Worked 99% of the time. Only time it didn’t work was when I had to ‘Repair’ the OS. Then it reset to ‘defaults’.

One other thing you might try, is to click on ‘Properties’ of the folder, click ‘Customize’ tab, and change the “Kind of folder you want”

I found the problem; I had PowerDesk installed, and that had somehow messed up the settings. I have since uninstalled PowerDesk and things are back to normal

PD was interfering with another application, too.

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