mikejd1 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Just curious to see if anyone has found a solution to the most annoying problem in Vista for me....vista not remembering window sizes, positions, or views in folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paesan Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Good question. It is very annoying. I have to constantly do over my settings, like open folder in its own window, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZealotTC Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 no way to fix it like the refreshrate bug ect... 2 cocks down for vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejd1 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 this has to be the most anoying thing with this OS now, only pet peave i have, otherwise, i love Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azz0r_wugg Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 It's probably "by design" like every other Vista oddity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted January 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2007 Huh? Vista remembers window sizes just the same as XP... That is, it remembers them on a per-folder basis. If you open the "Computer" folder, resize it, and close it - it will always open up at that same size. Unless you're talking about something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've had no window problems you people speak of :s -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeston Veteran Posted January 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've had no window problems you people speak of :s Me neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Nope me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 yeah this i really hate- vista will remember by window layout for a week or so- but then it just looses all folder preferences!! :( if i set it to list folders - and i view a video folder - the video folder is set to thumbnail view; but theni open another folder with just data files etc, it shows it at a totally random setting.... ffs.... really annoys me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azz0r_wugg Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Like the sidebar, the behaviours fine 95% of the time - randomly however everything's reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted January 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2007 yeah this i really hate- vista will remember by window layout for a week or so- but then it just looses all folder preferences!! :( if i set it to list folders - and i view a video folder - the video folder is set to thumbnail view; but theni open another folder with just data files etc, it shows it at a totally random setting.... ffs....really annoys me... Sounds like you don't want per-folder view settings. You can turn that off, same as XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paesan Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Brandon I appreciate the advice but I can tell you for a fact that there is a problem with the folders. I have been building and installing computers and OS's since windows 98 and I know what I am doing. Like a previous poster stated majority of the time it works fine but out of nowhere the folder views change. I have been using Vista rtm since it came out and can say that this does not happen often but happens enough to be annoying.Thanks for the advice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejd1 Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 yeah this i really hate- vista will remember by window layout for a week or so- but then it just looses all folder preferences!! :( if i set it to list folders - and i view a video folder - the video folder is set to thumbnail view; but theni open another folder with just data files etc, it shows it at a totally random setting.... ffs....really annoys me... exactly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayon Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 it is true. for me though, the window size and folder view will reset whenever i use the OPEN FILE or SAVE FILE dialog, otherwise it will remember the settings. but if i use those dialog windows, it will reset my explorer window view and sizes. it really is annoying as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted January 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2007 it is true. for me though, the window size and folder view will reset whenever i use the OPEN FILE or SAVE FILE dialog, otherwise it will remember the settings. but if i use those dialog windows, it will reset my explorer window view and sizes. it really is annoying as hell Hmm, I can't repro that behavior. My explorer window sizes are remembered regardless of whether I use the Open dialog. I even tried navigating to the same folder in the Open dialog, and closing it, to see if there could have been a bug there. But nope, still works fine. Is there any specific application you've found that causes this? Also, can you reproduce the problem consistently by following a series of steps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayon Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 it is really quite random, i just tried opening a open file dialog from firefox, and it once again reset my folder view and window size. i readjust it to the way i like, then i open an open file dialog from firefox again, yet this time everything is fine. :\ guess that is not much help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstar Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've also experienced this - namely with Explorer windows. It loads as a maximised window, I resize it, close Explorer, reload Explorer and it forgets the size upon reloading. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted January 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've also experienced this - namely with Explorer windows. It loads as a maximised window, I resize it, close Explorer, reload Explorer and it forgets the size upon reloading. :| Are you launching the same folder, though? Explorer remembers window sizes on a per-folder (or technically, a per-PIDL) basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InternalStorm Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Are you launching the same folder, though? Explorer remembers window sizes on a per-folder (or technically, a per-PIDL) basis. Ya, I can confirm. Views will change randomly, especially when doing a Save As... download from a browser. Or, like the Desktop Properties (right click desktop, properties) will not remember the size. It wil for a while then it randomly will reset itself. Same with the views of certain folders with images and videos. It's all quite random though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Same thing is happening for me. Vista doesn't remember the folder views even though the box is checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstar Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Are you launching the same folder, though? Explorer remembers window sizes on a per-folder (or technically, a per-PIDL) basis. Yeah it happens when I right-click on the "Orb"/"Start" button and click "Explore" (C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu) Odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calcu Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've noticed this bug since before RC1 and I can't believe it has not been fixed by now :crazy: Also another bug that is annoying is auto sort bug in the start menu cause in XP I like to organize by programs a certain way and every once and a while, it resets to alphabetically, which is really annoying. But since I don't use Vista that much, the most annoying right now is the explorer not remember folder settings and size, hell, if you put it to start maximized in properties, it rarely does. I actually think that part of Vista is bugged because if you put IE maximized in properties and shut down IE not maximized, the next time you start it, it's not maximized :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted January 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2007 Weird since I can't for the life of me reproduce this problem on any of my Vista systems. Is there anything odd about the systems you are doing it on? Do you kill Explorer through task manager or have crashes or anything? Are you running with UAC on or off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFi Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Same thing is happening to me. I think what the problem is when transferring folders from XP over to Vista, everything looks OK, but then views become temporary. The thing to do is create all new Vista folders (also folders within folders) for your files. It seems to be working for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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