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From: Tom on 9 Jan 2010 03:31 "David Kerber" <ns_dkerber(a)ns_warrenrogersassociates.com> wrote in message news:MPG.25b0fe856811b9ee9896a8(a)news.conversent.net... > In article <OyFNbP$jKHA.1264(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, noway(a)nothere.com > says... > > ... > >> > I think the point the OP made was that the folders themselves don't >> > remember their settings. In previous version of Windows the last 400 >> > folders opened remembered their settings. In Win7 settings are >> > remembered >> > only for the last folder closed. >> >> But they do remember the settings if you set the folder the way one wants >> it >> to appear and then apply it as I described below. It was the same way >> with >> previous versions of Windows, one had to set the options to make them >> appear >> as one desires, or each folder would not appear the same when opened.. > > That's the point, I don't WANT them to appear the same. Neither their > location nor their layout would be remembered through a restart in Win7; > they are all set the way the last one closed was set. > > > ... > >> > The very light high-light colour when you are not focussed on the Tee >> > View, makes it very difficult to see where you are. >> >> As I noted, one doesn't have to double click a folder to get the desired >> result, it is simply redundant with the new navigation pane set-up. I >> would >> think that would be easier and faster. One also has to double-click on >> the >> DVD/CD drives to make them open. >> > > As I noted in my other post, it doesn't require dbl-clicking to get this > behavior; any folder expansion will *sometimes* cause the expanded > folder to jump to the bottom of the navigation pane. I haven't yet > figured out a pattern to when it jumps and when it does not. > > D Apologies, I misunderstood. That can only happen if someone applied those settings, Windows does not do that by default. Try going to the same applet and click the button "Reset Folders". Control panel/Folder Options/View tab/Reset Folders button. |