Couple of shell annoyances

[Guest Roger Fink]

I'm having two unrelated problems with Windows Explorer that ought to be

solvable.

 

First, for the file "Loceal Settings", the checkbox for "Hidden" refuses to

stay unchecked beyond more than the current session. Once the system is

rebooted, the option is automatically rechecked, even though I'm the

administrator this is the profile I use every day. This is true for my

desktop only; my W2K laptop doesn't have this problem.

 

Also, in the right hand pane of Windows Explorer the column heading widths

can be set by right-clicking the heading, selecting "More", and then

specifying in the width. The default folder/file column width is way too

short, at least for me, so I've done just that for about five folders. That

leaves many hundreds more to do. I've tried some stupid activities on a

computer, this would be in the running for the stupidest. How can I change

the column width as a system default setting? A registry hack is quite

acceptable, but shame on Microsoft if I have to resort to that for soemthing

so basic.

 

TIA