Windows 11/10 forgets Folder View settings

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If you observe that your Windows 11/x forgets Folder View settings or does not remember it, you tin try this registry modification. The usual way to reset a Folder Type View Settings is as follows: Open up Explorer > Folder Options (Called File Explorer Options in Windows x) > View tab > Reset Folders OK > Use/OK.

If you want Windows to retrieve Folder View settings, you take to select the Call back each folder'southward view settings checkbox under the Advanced settings carte on the View tab of Folder Options in Control Panel. Simply even if you take selected the Remember each folder'south view settings checkbox, but your Windows does not remember your folder settings, then this article may interest you lot.

Specifically, you lot may be facing the following issues in Windows 10/8/7, Windows Vista or Windows XP:

Microsoft Windows does not retrieve the View settings for a folder when y'all reopen the folder. That is, even the Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, Listing, Details, etc., settings are not remembered.
Windows does not remember the size or the position of a folder window when you reopen the folder.
An incorrect thumbnail image is displayed for a folder.
The thumbnail image does non announced in a folder.

Windows eleven/ten forgets Folder View settings

Windows may keep forgetting the folder type view settings. This occurs because, past default, Windows Vista and later is prepare to remember folder view settings for only 5000 folders. In Windows XP it was 400 just has been increased in Windows Vista, information technology is 5000. The way out is to increase this value to, say, 10000 folders.

You lot tin can do so every bit follows:

Open regedit and navigate to the following Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell

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

Next right click BagMRU Size > Click Change.

Select Decimal and type 10000 (or in the Hexadecimal base type 2710). Click OK. Reboot.

Windows does not call up folder view settings

While you can ever edit the registry manually higher up, the details of which tin can be institute in KB813711 to correct this effect, you might instead want to run the Windows File and Folder Troubleshooter and let it prepare the trouble for you. This parcel scans your computer and detects if the computer is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.

For example, this MATS parcel verifies that one of the following conditions is true:

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

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Additionally, the BagMRU Size registry value in the following registry subkey does non exist or is less than 5000:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU

The highest subkey number in the post-obit registry subkey is greater than 20% of the BagMRU Size registry value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Trounce\Numberless

Incidentally, this MATS package will also fix other explorer.exe errors like:

Can't empty the Recycle Bin in Windows XP or Windows Vista
The file or folder does not exist fault in Windows Vista
Network or file permission or binder does not exist fault
Tin can't select multiple items after upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista
Icons modify incorrectly in Windows.

You can also use FixWin to Reset the Folder View to Default. This mail will help yous set a default Folder View for all folders in Windows if you want to and this ane shows how to Reset Binder View in Windows 11/10.

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a Organisation Restore Point before making whatsoever changes to your system & exist careful nearly any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.