WinXP question about view menu

[Gene@mpls]

Does anyone know of a way to force windows to open with the detail view
every time. I understand that folder options>view> remember view settings
*should* do this- it does not. Seems that thumbnail, tiles, icons or list is the
only options where it will *stick*. I like to go to details and click date modified
twice and the latest files will be on top. Handy when working on 10-15 files at
a time (as well as my daughter saving files) and the old memory is faulty- ya
can't remember what you called the file you just sent to the Ripper sta to print.
Anyone have any magic for me- the amount of knowledge on this board is
staggering and you have helped me many times before. Thanks Gene

 

[jiarby]

Set the folder up the way you want... (details, sort, etc...)
Then:
Tools-Folder Options-View-Apply to All Folders (sets the details view & other options like view system files)
Then:
Hold the CTRL key while closing the folder with the red-x in the top rt corner (to lock the sort order)

If none of this works then you may need to so do some manual registry cleanup to correct a corrupted store. (where windows keeps all these details) Once the cleanup is done & pc rebooted then you can attempt the settings changes again.