Solved Windows explorer view settings

Setting the BagMRU Size to 1 means Windows will only store the view settings for the very last folder you interacted with. When you open a new folder, its view settings will overwrite the previous one.

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garlin said:

1. Don't turn off ShellBags.
2. Don't ask NTLite questions on ElevenForum.

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garlin said:

ShellBags is the reg "hive" where Explorer remembers your custom folder views. A common problem is when you run out of entries.
The default size is 5000 entries, and can be increased to 20000.

NTLite cannot actually set BagMRU Size to 0 (don't remember any folder views), because that's illegal. So it settles for value 1.

Explorer has room to remember exactly one folder's settings. The next folder you set a custom view becomes the template for every other folder in the future.

The preferred way to manage folder views is to use @LesFerch's WinSetView, so the default folder templates are as you like them. That way, it's rare to have to override the default views, and customize a folder.

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