Windows forgets the folder display settings

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If you notice that your Windows 10 forgets or no longer remembers the folder display settings, you can try making this registry change. The usual way to reset a folder view is as follows: Tag browser > Folder options > View tab > Reset folder OK > Apply/OK.

If you want Windows to remember folder display settings, select the Save display settings for each folder (16) check box in the Advanced Settings menu on the Folder Options tab of the Control Panel. But even if you checked the Save display settings for each folder box, but Windows does not remember your folder settings, this article might interest you.

The following problems can occur under Windows 10/8/7, Windows Vista or Windows XP :

• Microsoft Windows does not remember the folder display settings when you reopen the folder. This means that thumbnails, tiles, icons, list, details, etc. are not saved either.
• Windows does not remember the size or location of a folder window when you reopen the folder.
• An incorrect thumbnail is displayed for a folder.
• The sticker does not appear in a folder.

Windows forgets folder display settings

Windows can always forget folder type display settings. This is due to the fact that Windows Vista and later versions are set by default to save folder display settings only for 5000 folders. Under Windows XP it was 400, under Windows Vista it is 5000, the output is to increase this value to for example 10000 folders.

You can do the following:

Open regedit and navigate to the next registry key :

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShell

In the right pane, click > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value > Name it BagMRU Size.

Next right click BagMRU Size > Click Change.

Select Decimal and enter 10000 (or 2710 in hexadecimal base). Click OK. Restart.

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Windows does not remember the folder display settings

While you can edit the registry manually at any time, whose details can be found in KB813711 to fix this problem, you should run the Windows file and folder manager instead and have the problem fixed for you. This package scans your computer and detects if your computer is running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.

For example, this MATS packet checks if one of the following conditions is met :

The registry value NoSaveSettings in the following registry subkey is not equal to 1:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer

In addition, the registry value BagMRU Size does not exist in the next registry subkey or is less than 5000 :

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBagMRU

The highest number of subkeys in the following registry subkey is greater than 20% of the registry value BagMRU Size :

HKEY_CURRENT_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBags

This MATS package also fixes other browsers.

 

• The file or folder does not exist in Windows Vista
• Network or file or folder authorization does not exist
• After upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista, you cannot select multiple items
• Icons change incorrectly in Windows.

 

You can also use FixWin to reset the default folder display. This message will help you set a default folder view for all folders in Windows if you wish, and shows how to reset the folder view in Windows 10.

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