Vista folder type bug

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klop

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I got an annoying bug with Vista. It doesn't remember or loose my folder type settings randomly...

For example I went in my Program Files folder and Vista detect it as a Music folder even though there's no music in it.

All my folders are screwed up. I know I can change the folder type by right clicking on the folder, properties and click customize.

I don't wanna do that every time or every folder. And on top of that I can't do that on some folders like root drives or system folders.

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skriefal

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I've encountered this numerous times, with the same behavior... Vista tries to force the Music view onto folders and then refuses to switch back to the standard view.

Open regedit, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell, and delete the BagMRU and Bags subkeys. That should restore the standard view, at least temporarily. It'll happen again... so make a note of these registry keys.

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drbobiii

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I've had this happen too, but at least it's rare and usually easy to fix. However, In a previous installation, for whatever reason, Vista set the view type for Program Files as the music details template. And as far as I know, you can't customize the root of a drive or some system folders (i.e. program files), so I was stuck with music details.

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jmc777

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I've encountered this numerous times, with the same behavior... Vista tries to force the Music view onto folders and then refuses to switch back to the standard view.

Vista has a fetish for turning the view in my 'Downloads' folder into the music view. There are no audio files in that particular folder, and there never has been. :wacko:

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quick

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Same problem, very annoying. I dislike icon view/thumbnail view except in my pictures folders.

But if i have 1 picture in the folder with 200 other non picture files it makes it thumbnails even though i have set it explicitly to view details.

Or if there is one music file i lose my "Date Modified" and get some ratings column.

If i set folder options to be details and "apply to all folders" it saves it only temporarily. But then go into a folder that has never been opened, what is the view? Icon view/thumbnails. :(

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I got an annoying bug with Vista. It doesn't remember or loose my folder type settings randomly...

For example I went in my Program Files folder and Vista detect it as a Music folder even though there's no music in it.

All my folders are screwed up. I know I can change the folder type by right clicking on the folder, properties and click customize.

I don't wanna do that every time or every folder. And on top of that I can't do that on some folders like root drives or system folders.

You don't go around deleting desktop.ini files, do you?

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aelfwyne

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Excellent.... This did help - I was sick and tired of Program Files being set as music and not being allowed to change it. Dammit, MS, if you're not going to let US change the setting, then don't set it incorrectly randomly!

Explorer in Vista is extremely buggy this way and in several other ways.... I am still having to constantly "take ownership" of my own files as well, even in directories where I've already done that several times, they keep getting set to "Administrators" rather than my actual username, which wreaks havoc.

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Kmart9419

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Very annoying indeed. This happens by me all the time too :s Did only try Apply to all folders. When I did change my pictures folder to sort by date modified, it randomly selected some other folders to order them by date too. Very strange

I have the same exact problem. I have a newsbin folder that when changed, will change the settings on my control panel. Then if reset the control panel back to default, newsbin get set back to default with just the name. The type, size, and date modified go aways. Really irritating.

This is the second time it happened. The other time is when "my computer" is linked up to my pictures. Any changes in my computer will affect pictures and vice versa.

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aelfwyne

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Meh..... fixed the program files by doing this - But now C:\ Root is set to Music view!! And it won't fix using this method.

I tried another suggestion to copy a desktop.ini file from an empty folder with correct settings to C:\ root, but I get an error stating "An unexpected error is preventing the operation", and "A required privelege is not held by the client" DESPITE my having full administrator access. I can see no desktop.ini file on C:\ (with both show hidden & protected files enabled), yet it refuses to let me put one there. Something is keeping root in Music View.

Why the HELL they decided not to let users customize folders, THEN are ignoring a major explorer bug like this, I don't know.

  • 3 weeks later...
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huzz

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I might have a solution, Goto -> tools -> folder options -> view, click on Reset Folders, after that, change your folder view to the one you want to keep by default (I like it in list view). Go back into folder options, scroll down to "Remember each folder's view settings" and uncheck it, apply and that should do the trick. Works for all my folder but not for another drive from an old pc not too sure why but this sort of solves the problem,

Cheers.

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