Explorer keeps reverting to 'Tiles' view

I'm sure I can't be the first person to find Windows Explorer's tendency to
revert to the 'Tiles' view incredibly irritating.

It seems that no matter how many times I explicitly define that I want the
window to display information as a 'Details' view, Explorer will regularly
and for no apparent reason, revert to the default, but far less useful,
'Tiles' view.

I have no idea why Microsoft chose to ape this retarded Mac-style view as a
default, but I guess it was the down to the same blithering idiot who
thought it was a good idea to introduce the patronising and widely despised
'My Computer' etc. , but I do know that it's always the first thing I change
on a new XP installation and I'm sick and tired of having to keep setting it
time and time again.

This absurd behaviour seems to affect every flavour of XP from Home to
Professional and MCE, too and on pretty much every PC I've ever built as
well as many I haven't, so it can't be hardware-related.

I really can't see how this can be anything but a bug which begs the
question 'why hasn't it been fixed?' Two major service packs and more
patches than an weak-willed ex-smoker's arm later and it's still doing it!
Can there really be a rational explanation?

Can anybody shed some light on this subject and explain why this happens?
More importantly, can anybody offer any advice as to how I can stop it?

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Plegron Snaith

Plegron wrote:
> I'm sure I can't be the first person to find Windows Explorer's tendency to
> revert to the 'Tiles' view incredibly irritating.
>
> It seems that no matter how many times I explicitly define that I want the
> window to display information as a 'Details' view, Explorer will regularly
> and for no apparent reason, revert to the default, but far less useful,
> 'Tiles' view.
>
> I have no idea why Microsoft chose to ape this retarded Mac-style view as a
> default, but I guess it was the down to the same blithering idiot who
> thought it was a good idea to introduce the patronizing and widely despised
> 'My Computer' etc., but I do know that it's always the first thing I change
> on a new XP installation and I'm sick and tired of having to keep setting it
> time and time again.
>
> This absurd behaviour seems to affect every flavour of XP from Home to
> Professional and MCE, too and on pretty much every PC I've ever built as
> well as many I haven't, so it can't be hardware-related.
>
> I really can't see how this can be anything but a bug which begs the
> question 'why hasn't it been fixed?'. Two major service packs and more
> patches than an weak-willed ex-smoker's arm later and it's still doing it!
> Can there really be a rational explanation?
>
> Can anybody shed some light on this subject and explain why this happens?
> More importantly, can anybody offer any advice as to how I can stop it?

Maybe this registry fix by Kelly:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings

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Joe =o)