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Retaining folder and Explorer size default
Win95 has trouble retaining default folder and Explorer windowsettings-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.