Guest victoriaaa Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 I am using Windows XP Home Edition. Recently, I do not seem to be able to save my settings anymore. I have noticed that in several areas: - Folder view settings: I can't apply permanent view settings to folders anymore, the view changes back to the (wrong) default for whatever it had been before. I can't specifiy the folder type anymore (music/pictures/documents...) and can't choose a picture to display on the thumbnail version either. - Favourites: In my favourites menu, I can't sort the favourite by names anymore, parts of them get collapsed, and if I drag and drop a folder to another location, this step has been reverted when I check back. - Desktop icons: I can't rearrange my desktop icons anymore, it always goes back to the previous view as well. - Internet security settings: If I select "permanently allow pop-ups from this site", it will prompt me again the next time I try to open a pop-up (it took me a while to get this question window to open). I have noticed an error message, something like: "Failing to store in registry", which came up a few times when I was downloading and saving documents or pictures to my hard drive or external hard drive. Somehow none of my settings are stored. How can I fix this? Help is much appreciated.
Guest ju.c Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Failing to save settings Hello, Here are some thing to do... Folder Views: ~~~~~~~~ "Folder View Master" by MVP Keith Miller. (no homepage) http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FVM3.zip or http://members.home.nl/alsdewiedeweerga/Scripts/FVM3/FVM3.rar Just follow its directions. Favorites, Desktop Icons, Internet Explorer: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 ------------------------------------------- 1. Copy between the lines. 2. Paste into notepad. Bottom two lines, no word-wrap. 3. Save-as ResetMenuOrder.reg (or any name + .reg) 4. Double-click or right-click and merge into the Registry. 5. Restart and see if anything is better now. ju.c "victoriaaa" <victoriaaa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:96D14823-D83D-4299-B85C-16D819CEDF29@microsoft.com... > I am using Windows XP Home Edition. Recently, I do not seem to be able to > save my settings anymore. I have noticed that in several areas: > > - Folder view settings: I can't apply permanent view settings to folders > anymore, the view changes back to the (wrong) default for whatever it had > been before. I can't specifiy the folder type anymore > (music/pictures/documents...) and can't choose a picture to display on the > thumbnail version either. > > - Favourites: In my favourites menu, I can't sort the favourite by names > anymore, parts of them get collapsed, and if I drag and drop a folder to > another location, this step has been reverted when I check back. > > - Desktop icons: I can't rearrange my desktop icons anymore, it always goes > back to the previous view as well. > > - Internet security settings: If I select "permanently allow pop-ups from > this site", it will prompt me again the next time I try to open a pop-up (it > took me a while to get this question window to open). > > I have noticed an error message, something like: "Failing to store in > registry", which came up a few times when I was downloading and saving > documents or pictures to my hard drive or external hard drive. > > Somehow none of my settings are stored. How can I fix this? > > Help is much appreciated.
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