Well like I said, I've never heard of what you described, so if you're saying the reg file didn't fix it, I can't tell you what else to try. Sorry. ;-) If you are dragging the windows to the size you want, and that's not being remembered, I don't know what to tell you, that should have worked. Do you have checked in Folder Options "remember each folder's view settings"? That is "supposed" to work. Have you tried this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&newwindow=1&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=+%22remember+each+folder%27s+view+settings%22&lr=lang_en
The registry doesn't always use real absolute numbers. It may use binary, dword, hexadecimal, etc. You can use any scientific calculator, even the integrated Windows calculator and change it to "Scientific" and you can convert these binary, dword, and hexadecimal values to other inflections, like back and forth. What Ben was saying is that Dword (hex or hexadecimal) of 1F40 = 8000. You open the calculator and see how that works. If for example you wanted to change that 8000 to 7000, you'd enter "7000" in the calc and then dot "Hex" and you'd see 7000 would be 1B58, so you'd put that in place of the 1F40. I know it may seem a bit amazing, but Windows is pretty stupid. It can only open a file if you (or a program, etc.) tells it HOW to open it. This is done with the (usually) 3 letter file extension. In default installations this is hidden, but if one opts to uncheck the box "Hide file extensions for known file types" you'll see these .nnn (x not used for obvious reasons) extensions showing after each file on your HD. Text files, like for Notepad, are of course .txt and registry files are .reg . It is with all these extensions that Windows knows HOW to open any file and with what type of program. .txt of course tells it to use Notepad as default, .reg tells Windows to use the Registry Editor or Registry program to open .reg files. On many file types you can change the extension and have other programs opening them where some can still be read. Like if you want to try and read what's in a .exe file, change it to .txt and you can view it in Notepad. (In my case, I just put a shortcut to Metapad [great powerful Notepad replacement] in my right click context and "Send to......" area so I can send any file type to Metapad and read what's in it. That's much easier and faster). You can also change a .txt file to .html or .htm for example and then IE will open it as a webpage! This is because you changed the file association extension of that file from Notepad (.txt), to IE (.ht*). On my PC I have Metapad set to automatically open *ALL* registry (.reg) files so I can just simply click them to read what's in them. Then if I want to add/import it to the registry, I can just right click and "Open with...." then pick "Registry editor", then it goes to the Registry. You can't FULLY backup the Registry with the option in the toolbar. You have to use something like ERUNT (free) which FULLY and TOTALLY backs up the ENTIRE registry. I have it set on my PC to automatically do a reg backup each time the PC boots. That way if something gets screwed up, I can simply click the previous backup and the Registry is restored to that point. It's a simple shortcut in the Start Up folder, it runs, does the backup, then shuts down all in seconds. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <http://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.reg> > with the > following information: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\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 ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
