I just did a bunch of tests with an SD card and still all folders reverted to General items. I did see that a folder, that does not contain any subfolders, will hold the folder type setting longer. When I set an empty folder to type Pictures, it remained at type Pictures until I restarted Explorer (or logged out and in). Folders with subfolders (where I checked Also apply this setting to all subfolders) reverted to General items right away in my tests.
All my view settings stay consistent to what I set them at after restarting Explorer, logging out and back in, rebooting, etc.
I built the same and continued to see the issue until I installed StartAllBack. Then the folder type changes stuck. I have to do some more testing to determine if it's only StartAllBack and if the choice of settings matter, but yeah, that appears to be the key difference.
Not seeing this issue on my - multitude of - removeable drives.
Do you have StartAllBack installed? I have confirmed that installing StartAllBack fixes the issue, presumably because it replaces Windows 11 File Explorer code with Windows 10 File Explorer code (TBD).
Without StartAllBack, I have only seen a non-General items folder type choice stick on a USB drive temporarily. Has that one stayed set, even after a logout/login? If it has, I can't explain that.
Without StartAllBack, I have only seen a non-General items folder type choice stick on a USB drive temporarily. Has that one stayed set, even after a logout/login? If it has, I can't explain that.
Yes, I ran this a number of times. I can't explain it either.Without StartAllBack, I have only seen a non-General items folder type choice stick on a USB drive temporarily. Has that one stayed set, even after a logout/login? If it has, I can't explain that.
No.
I suspect your "removable" drives are mounting as "Local Disk". That is, the removable media bit (RMB) is set to 0. I just tested a Western Digital "My Passport" drive and it came up as "Local Disk". In that case, it does not have the issue I described for removable drives, but it still has the issue I described for fixed drives. That is, automatic folder type discovery keeps running and therefore does not allow one to override the folder type setting.
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Did that drive mount as "Local Disk" or "USB Drive"?
USB.
I replicated the behavior using a USB flash drive without StartAllBack installed.
Kind of... When I ran my tests, I did not have subfolders. So I would have to run my test again to account for those variables. I can't at this time run the test but I will post my findings when I do. Good work on the research, I'll check back on it when I start my test.
Yup!
