Windows Explorer won't remember settings.

Hello all,
I just did a new install of XP (SP-2) on an old Dim. 8200. Finally got
all the stuff installed and working OK.

Except for Explorer.
When I open a given folder (say Pictures) and set it to Thumbnail view
it opens OK BUT as soon as I close it and reopen the folder it reverts
back to details. I tried the usual items under the folder view tab and
made sure it is set to remember folder views. What am I missing?

Another item I just noticed is that it will not allow me to set folders
so they are not tagged as read-only.

Anyone have a solution. I tried Google and found a lot of folks who had
the same problem but no real solution.

--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Life is not like a box of chocolates
it's more like a jar of jalapenos-
what you do today could burn your *** tomorrow!

"Steve W." <csr684NOT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
> I just did a new install of XP (SP-2) on an old Dim. 8200. Finally got
> all the stuff installed and working OK.
>
> Except for Explorer.
> When I open a given folder (say Pictures) and set it to Thumbnail view it
> opens OK BUT as soon as I close it and reopen the folder it reverts back
> to details. I tried the usual items under the folder view tab and made
> sure it is set to remember folder views. What am I missing?
>
> Another item I just noticed is that it will not allow me to set folders so
> they are not tagged as read-only.
>

Yup, that's Windows for you. I've not found a cure yet, but I did find a
work around. I found that using a freeware program called FreeCommander (
http://www.freecommander.com/ ) will do it if you select thumbnail view in
View. It seems it has to reconstruct the thumbnail view each time you
activate a pane, which can be kinda pokey, but it will remember to use
Thumbnails. So if you don't mind working in a file manager program, it will
do the trick.

As for changing read-only, I'm not sure if you want to change many files or
just a few, but another freeware called Properties Plus will let you do
that. Of course, you can also open a command window and use the command line
to change attributes for a whole bunch of files.