re: Customising windows as documents, photos etc.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 3:02 am
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Posted by Martin
(65 messages posted)
(Why did the site delete all my paragrahing??)
On Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 2:49 am, Martin wrote:
>Does anyone know how to stop Windows XP from designating (for instance) a root folder
>(e.g. C:\) as a photo or video folder? Things will be OK for a few days, then I
will
>go to look in my C drive (say) and it has been changed to Filmstrip view since I
>last accessed it. That causes problems, with folders hanging when you try to open
>them. With a subfolder you can right click and recustomise it as documents or whatever
>(even so, annoying when Windows keeps altering the customisation of individual folders
>itself), but there's no such option for a root folder.
>
>I am continually having to go into the registry to delete these keys:
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU]
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags]
>
>That deletes all saved customisations, but the problem is back again within a few
>days. I have created a DWord value of up to 5000 for "BagMRU Size" to make XP remember
>more folder settings. Doesn't seem to help either.
>
>I am not one of those that continually knocks Microsoft and Windows, but what with
>this and crashes and other stuff, I do thing Windows Explorer is one of the most
>pathetic bits of software on my PC !!
>
>Martin
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