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Retaining folder and Explorer size default

Win95 has trouble retaining default folder and Explorer window

settings-such as size, position, sort order, toolbar status

and display type (large icons, details and so on). Here's a

temporary workaround that may last weeks or months on your system.

Open the folder for your C: drive, and without opening any

other folders, arrange and configure it exactly as you'd like

all your folders to appear. When you're ready to set the default,

press Ctrl+Alt+Shift while you click the close box in the upper

right-hand corner of the window. There's a limit to the number

of specific folder instances Win95 can remember, so eventually

your setting may roll off the list. Just repeat the steps to

restore your settings.

 

Microsoft gave us a whole new way to do this in Windows 98.

Follow the same steps as in the previous tip for Windows 95.

Once you've got the C: drive folder the way you like it,

choose View, Folder Options, and click the View tab. When

you press the Like Current Folder button, you'll create the

new default setting, which will be permanent (unless you hit

the Reset All Folders button). You'll notice that when you

deviate individual folders from these settings, those folders

will retain the new settings if you have "Remember each folder's

view settings" checked under Advanced settings.