Vista Ultimate installed (shouldn't matter)

Anyway... I'm having troubles getting Vista to remember my Windows settings. Basically, I view nearly all my windows in the "Details" view with only "name & size"... with the "name" section expanded out a bit as I have a WS monitor.

Anyway, with XP I could set this up in one window with all my little mods and get my windows size correct... then under folder option do a "apply to all folders".... and XP would change all windows to these settings...

I've done same with Vista many times and it doesn't apply this to all folders.

It seems to apply the window size and status bar.. but it doesn't apply my "details view" and mods to the "name/size" sections as well as remove the sections like "last modified".

Any thoughts on this?... am I using an XP method for a Vista problem... is there a new way to remember all my Window settings and apply them to every window and folder??

Thanks!!
TK.

Check your Folder Options settings.

Is "Remember each folder's view settings" enabled?

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

Yep... that's checked too. :(

It works perfectly for me. Not sure what else it could be...

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

....guess I'm just lucky then.

Is there a way to "reset" the memory or clear the cache that Vista keeps this info in so that I can try from scratch?... maybe something got corrupted?

TK.

I have this same/similar problem. I like to organise my files by Date.

But a lot of "special" folders in Vista don't like to show the date column. Which is more than a little annoying.

So I have to goto View, then Choose Details, and tick the Date Modified box, so it appears and then I can sort them by date. However, when I go back later, the date column has gone again! Grr.

All I can say is that M$ does not want us to tweak with Vista the way we have tweaked XP.

i_XpUser

Guess we'll have to wait for a TweakVista program to force this onto the OS.

XPUser, I don't think that's it, because it's working for me perfectly fine. I have not installed any special tweaking programs to do this.

TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE!

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heropsycho,

The tweak I speak of is given in the resolution section of this Windows 98 MSKB. It's about the sort order of my preference and it works for XP but not for Vista.

If this is not what you thought it is, then we are looking on an entirely different issue.

i_XpUser

Yeah, I'm talking about the original poster's issue. ;-)

TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE!

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It seems that you're both right... I'm looking to have Vista apply my custom folder setting to EVERY window I open using explorer. There are only a few folders that I prefer seperate settings on... like "My Computer, Control Panel, and Recycle Bin"... each of those I have my own version... but as for the rest of the windows, I would like them all setup the same way... but I can't seem to get Vista to do this.

XP would do this with the "remember settings" checked and using the "apply to all folders" options... then I would just go into control pane and such and remod those to my preferred settings... but the all the rest of the windows would be just has I had modded the "setup" window.

It seems strange that Vista doesn't do something XP did with ease...

or am I confused??? :)

TK.

What I'm telling you is I'm able to do what you're saying in Vista if I understand correctly what you're doing.

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

that's fine.. I belive you, lol.

I assume Vista can do it since XP does it... but it's not saving for me. Does anyone know where Vista saves this info so that I can wipe that directory or registry setting and start from stratch and see if that kicks Vista into remembering??

TK you aren't the only one with this problem others are having the same problem as well. I had the same problem happen to me on Vista 64 and this was after a fresh install with nothing on it. Others I have read from other sites are having the same problem with this as well. My wifes's new pc is having the same issues. It seems to me it's more of a Vista bug that MS may have to still address, especialy if a nice sum of people are running into the same exact issue.

"Windows Me II aka Windows Vista."

I didn't realize that many people were having the issue...

yeah, mines a fresh install too....

Basically, I format, installed Vista, then tried to tweak my windows and it won't save.

I've had it not work in XP on a fresh install and I've re-done a fresh install and have it work, but I'm on my 4th fresh install and it still won't work in Vista.

((I didn't reinstall just because of this, lol... when I first install an new OS I run the install a few times to learn the process and try other settings and options... helps out when my friends and family run into problems and ask me why, lol...))

also... I've got Vista on 3 PCs currently and all of them do not remember.... and all updates are installed. :)

Guess we're waiting for either MS or a third party (read as, 12yo with too much time and tallent on his hands, lol) to make a tweak fix.

TK.

TK,

What are you using for anti-virus? Anti-spyware, those kinds of things?

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

right now... nothing... I was using ZoneAlarm for XP, but they don't have a solution ready yet for Vista...

I also tried pretty much all the free online scanners a couple weeks ago and they all failed for one reason or another, lol.

Basically... I'm just being careful until they get ZoneAlarm up and going.

I know I could probably get Symantec or McAfee but I gave up on those a long time ago and I'm not going back until they work better and clear out all the bloatware they've got... and since they'll never do that... ZoneAlarm it is. :)

From my understanding, folder preferences are stored in user specific registry hives, although I'm not sure where quite yet.

Also, when do your saves go away? After you close down the window? When you log off? Reboot?

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

It never stays.... After it set the windows... I've checked them directly after and nothing has changed... so I reboot and still nothing has changed... I've also tried a full power off still nothing... logoff is the same no go. :(

... since I didn't say this before...

I can setup a folder and it will remember my settings for awhile on that folder... but when I apply to all folders no other folders change.

...than at random, the folder I modified will be reset back to default too.

Am I selecting the wrong type of folder???....

Here's what I do... what I've done is made a new folder on my desktop, I then change the size of the window when I open the folder... then I change to the "details" view... then I remove all the extras in the list so that I only have "Name" and "Size"... I then adjust the length of those... I double check the size of my main window... then I apply to all folders.

Yes "remember each folders settings" is checked... and the "reset folders" option under that is NOT checked.

Now, when I do that in XP... all my folders change... even Recycle Bin and Control Panel... but in Vista... nothing.

TK.

... I should mention that the folders do change... they change and stay in the "details view"... but all my other mods are not carried over like they were in XP.

Confirm you do this exactly as I'm doing it, and if it works.

Start - All programs - Accessories - Windows Explorer

Expand Computer

Click on Local Disk (C:)

Right click anywhere on the right pane column bar, and uncheck everything but Name and Size. Set the view to Details.

Click Organize - View - Apply to Folders, Yes to the Folder views dialog box, then OK.

Click on other folders on the C drive, and see if this change has been propagated. If it did, close the window, open it back up, and check again.

I do notice if I go to a hierarchy that is listed off as special root directories such as Desktop, Username, Documents, Music, My Pictures, or Videos, the changes don't take effect for those, even if accessed through the hierarchy off the C drive. However, I can make those directories look the same if I click on each and do the same thing as I did for the C drive.

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

.... huh... that did it... I'm not sure why that would make a difference but it does... thank you!!

Problem solved!

I'll report back after a restart if things stay...

TK.

the settings stayed after restart!!

Thanks heropsycho2177

TK.

...want a new challege... I'm looking for help to these problems too!!

http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/f...

I'm still reading through the Vista Resource Kit, if I find any rationale behind this, I'll let you know. Not sure if this is a bug, or intentional, or what.

Haven't messed with Vista Media Center yet, so I can't help you there. I have an XP Media Center, and if I mess with that in any way that stops it from working for any length of time, my wife will divorce me! :-)

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

lol... no problem... I was looking for those same fixes for XP MCE but I tried Vista to see if they had added those features.... guess I should have known. :)

Tweak for Vista.

That's not suspicious in the slightest!

"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion!
Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution!
The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"