Your view settings or customizations for a folder are lost or incorrect
SYMPTOMSYour view settings or customizations for a folder may be lost or incorrect. For example, you may experience any one or more of the following symptoms:
CAUSEThis problem occurs because Windows stores each folder's view settings and customizations in the registry. By default, this
data is limited to 200 local folders and 200 network folders, for a total of 400 folders. The data for folder view settings and customizations is stored in the following registry keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/) How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack
WORKAROUNDImportant This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows To work around this problem, create a BagMRU Size DWORD value in both of the following registry keys, and then set the value data for both values to the number of folders that you want Windows to remember the settings for. For example, for Windows to remember the settings for 5000 local folders and 5000 network folders, set both values to 5000. You must create the new value for the following registry keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell Important You may have to adjust the BagMRU Size values for your specific situation. If you increase the BagMRU Size values, the information that is stored in the registry increases. When you use roaming user profiles, registry information is copied to a server when you log off and copied to your local computer when you log on. Therefore, you may have performance issues if you increase the BagMRU Size values for roaming user profiles.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam Follow these steps, and then quit Registry Editor:
STATUS This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack Service Pack 2. MORE INFORMATIONWindows can remember the folder settings for view state, window position, sort order, column information,
folder type, status bar setting, toolbar toggles, and search results. REFERENCES
For additional information about how to modify your folder view settings or customize a folder, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
812003 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812003/)
How to modify your folder view settings or to customize a folder
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