Clint, I was just kidding there on the difference between
the original size
of your "AxPsHook" posting which came right
after this "folder size"
posting. Look how much I learned from you on changing a
notepad text to a
Registry file. Strangely enough, some of those links on
<htt
p://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm> open to a
download dialog
box and some of the links open to a page with Registry text
like what you
see below. This is very strange but this is not the
immediate problem.
So I did what you suggest; Ben Moore agrees that bagMRU size
is a dword
value; in decimal it's 8000 (I'm writing this not fully
understanding the
"technicalities" of this Registry talk, but I
still enjoy working there) and
I put the HKEY lines you see below into Notepad, and saved
it with a .reg
extension. To this newbie here (which I'll always remain),
it's a miracle
how it changed to a Registry file ... but there it is. Of
course, at this
point I created a system restore point before going any
further.
I then clicked that new Registry file (it's really a tiny
part of the
Registry and must have some name), and it added itself to
the main Registry.
It's as though it were some part of the large Registry that
I might have
originally saved (backed up). And there we are. Problem is
that with this
Registry change, the folders continue to open large ...
UNLESS I'm supposed
to make some change in lines before the "notepad to
registry" move. Maybe
you can explain that. Maybe I have to restart the computer;
but changing the
registry, from my little experience with it, doesn't
usually require a
rebooting.
Finally, I don't understand why the Tools, Folder Options,
View, click
"Apply to All Folders" ... doesn't work. You
know what? Maybe I'll just have
to live with folders opening a bit large than I'd like;
things ike that
should be the worst problems should only be the worst
problems we have in
life 
> Original problem (using in Windows XP) ... I'd like
all the folders to
> open up the same size; I can always adjust them after
that. I adjusted one
> folder, went to Tools, Folder Options, View, and
clicked "Apply to All
> Folders" (in Advanced Settings I already have the
box, "Remember each
> folder's view settings" checked). With all this,
the folders open a little
> larger than I'd like. I know it's "no big
deal" ... but compulsives being
> what they are (or what I am), what can I do? ... Harold
> Clint's solution ... I think #2 on this page will work
for you.
> <<http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm>>
Now I've never heard of
> what you describe, what happened with me was when I
would arrange the
> icons in certain orders in certain folders, XP would no
longer remember
> it. That tweak fixed it. I think the default memory is
for 200 or 400
> total folders, and that tweak sets it to 8000. ... BTW,
you'll LOVE that
> website! ... <http://www
.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm> - -Clint
> Response ... An interesting page Clint. I've seen it
before and think it
> was you who posted it another time for someone else in
the group. However,
> when clicking that second line, "Increase Folder
View Size to 8000" ... I
> get the following page:
> <http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/bags8000.r
eg> with the
> following information:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRo
am\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRo
am\Bags]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoa
m]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer
sion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
> Now I'm not unfamiliar with the registry but here I
don't see where any
> changes in keys or values are indicated. Any advice
with that?
> Furthermore, what might have happened with the usual
way of setting folder
> size, (Tools, Folder Options, View, etc)?
> Btw Marlene, if this posting is too long, look what
Clint has before me
> (Something strange here with "AxPsHook",
what it is? Plus more mysteries.)
> ... Bill Gates counts his 8471 characters and 197 lines
against my 2245
> characters, and 34 lines
> Huh??? ... Now to your question, I don't understand
why you're seeing
> that. It's a file that's supposed to be downloaded,
so when you click the
> link you should get a download dialog box. If you're
not, something is
> wrong. You can always take the text, put it in Notepad,
save it with a
> .reg extension instead of .txt, then import it to the
Registry.- -Clint
> From: "Ben Moore" <benmoore mindspring.com>
Harold, that bagMRU size is a dword value. In decimal
it's 8000 I
believe. --- Ben Moore
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