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Windows10 can't remeber folder customization settings.

Anonymous
2020-01-28T12:07:11+00:00

Here we go again. It's annoying as hell and thinking about reverting back to Windows 7 despite it's discontinued.

Every time I sort my items in folders - next time I enter it's all set to "details" view.

I tried going into "properties", than "customize", than "optimize", but there is no option I want (and it simply doesn't work in most cases).

I tried increasing values in BagMRU registers - it worked for few months, than all went south again. I tried that again, than again with even higher increase in numbers - but this time it just won't work.

Question is - how to make Windows10 to remeber to keep all my folders on "medium icons" view?

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Anonymous
2020-01-29T00:45:14+00:00

The following will give you a fresh sart with Medium Icons as the default for all FolderTypes. Copy & paste the follwoing into an AdministratorPowerShell Console:

$FT = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes'

$Root = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell'

new-item $Root -Force | Out-Null

$Filter = 'Generic|Documents|Downloads|Pictures|Music|Videoss'

(gci $FT | ?{(gp $_.PSPath).CanonicalName -match $Filter}).PSChildName | %{

$Path = (New-Item -Path $Root -Name $_).PSPath

@{

'Mode' = 1

'LogicalViewMode' = 3

'IconSize' = 48

}.GetEnumerator() | %{

New-ItemProperty $Path -Name $_.Name -Value $_.Value | Out-Null

}

}

Remove-Item 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults' -ea silent

$SHell = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell$_"

'BagMRU', 'Bags' | %{Remove-Item $Shell -Recurse  -ea silent}

gps explorer | spps

Keith

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T16:03:52+00:00

    Hi STEVAJOVANOVIC and thanks for reaching out. My name is Joseph. I'm an independent advisor. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    I found an existing article that will help you resolve your concern. You can check and see if the instructions provided can help you.

    Fix Folder View Settings Not Saving in Windows 10.

    https://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/fix-folder-view...

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let me know how it goes.

    Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-29T19:33:42+00:00

    I increased size of BagMRU. It was, I think 5 000, I set it to 10 000. It worked for few months, but than not anymore. It happened after big update (hour long). Than I went back and set it from 10 000 to 50 000, but it not worked.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T22:15:37+00:00

    Copy & paste the follwing into PowerShell & post the result (coutnt of saved views):

    ((gp "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU").Nodeslots).count

    Keith

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T22:07:06+00:00

    There is no value under BagMRU named registers. Please clarify what chnages you made.

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