Re: Old chestnut - Vista forgets folder settings

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:33:29 +1000, "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"DrTeeth" <no-email@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have applied the registry files that clear and increase the BAGS
settings as well as disabling the automatic applying of folder
templates.

Vista still does not remember my folder settings (the option is
selected). The *only* thing that helps is to revert to Windows Classic
theme. It's not foolproof, but livable with.

I want to use Aero so has anybody any idea why Aero is part of the
picture? Only one of my three Vista PCs is affected for some reason.

I have given up trying to fix this particular problem. The best I could
attain was for most Explorer-like windows such as Control Panel, Computer
etc. to remember their settings but actual Windows Explorer did not no
matter how many registry fixes and other remedies were applied. Then, and
for no particular reason, Windows Explorer started remembering its settings
but everything else started forgetting theirs. Now it's returned to the
first state. It's really quite pathetic. I have just grown accustomed to
opening Windows Explorer and resizing it as desired (again) and selecting
the appropriate view settings (again) every time I boot the machine.

So despite what others may tell you, there is no real fix for this problem.
People will tell you it has nothing to do with Vista and that your firewall
software is to blame. This is also bollocks as I have disabled mine for
some time and the settings still don't get remembered in a consistent
fashion. As to what part Aero plays I can't say as I have not experimented
with anything else.


What you described is Vista's legacy. ALL versions of Windows have and
continue to have deeply embedded bugs that remain unresolved. The
fanboy faithful pretend such things don't exist and do their best to
attempt to discredit anyone bringing them up or they try to quickly
dismiss the poster with something juvenile like saying all software
has bugs or you didn't install Vista correctly. Explorer being unable
to "remember" the settings you gave it is one such issue no amount of
Registry fiddling or option changing fully resolves. In can perform as
set for days, months even, then out of the blue change on it's own
with no warning or reason.

One of Microsoft's many creditability problems is they simply don't
listen to nor do they want feedback from the average Joe customer.
Therefore many unresolved issues remain, none so critical to make
Vista unusable, but it is the cumulative effect if you spend serious
time using Vista, that the sum of all the little annoying things take
their toll.

I put the blame where it belongs. Squarely on Microsoft. They simply
do not test Windows to the level necessary or rely on Bozos that don't
have a clue what they're doing.

Nothing shows this more than their poor implementation of UAC. While
the concept is on the right track, how it is implemented sucks. After
trying to get along with it for weeks when I first installed Vista, I
stumbled on a web page authored by Microsoft on how to adjust some
policy setting to override the annoying nag screens. I read the
article carefully, did as instructed, double checked and sat back to
see if anything changed. It did. Now if I go to Control Panel is
clearly shows UAC as enabled, but Vista being brain dead will randomly
pop up a warning telling me UAC is off and I should turn it on.

Naturally this is a cardinal sin of programming, give opposing
responses depending where you look, but such things are common to
Windows. If you use Windows this and the annoying Explorer issue and
dozens of other things is something you just come to live with.
.

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