The save as box reads the system wide state. The system wide state does not specify icon style. So it cannot be changed.
Most people have problems with folders because they don't understand how it works. Why it works the way it does is beyond me.
With XP (and all previous versions with minor differences eg 95 stored 29 folders) the last 400 folders are remembered.
Clicking Apply to All folders set the defaults here
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
settings=
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults
With the numbers being the default for each type of folder. A file folder is
{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}
Then it deletes all saved settings for individual folders here
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags
So clicking Apply to all folders in My Comp does the settings= and the num for My Comp (not file folder).
Reset all folders just deletes all saved folder settings.
The streams key is where a folder's settings is stored pre XP but only removable drives and defaults are stored here in XP.
In another change (I think introduced with 2000) explorer view lost it's seperate settings and now shares with folder view. If you both explore and open folders this can lead to confusion. The initial window size comes from the saved settings - the window will be the same size if exploring or opening.
There are two further settings that determine how explorer works.
I'll let the Win2000 resource kit explain it.
Understanding Saved Views and Browsing Folders
In Windows 2000 Professional, the view you use is not always permanently saved in Windows Explorer. You can control whether the views you use are saved permanently or temporarily by using the Remember each folder's view settings check box on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box (see figure 9.3).
By default the Remember each folder's view settings option is enabled. When you choose to leave this setting enabled, the following happens:
a.. The changes you make to a folder's view is automatically saved when you close the folder.
b.. The view you use to view one folder is not applied to other folders.
c.. When you open a folder, it opens in the view you used when you last viewed it.
When you clear the check box for Remember each folder's view settings, the following happens:
a.. When you start Windows Explorer, the first folder you view displays in the folder's saved view. Windows Explorer holds that view in temporary memory and applies it to all the folders that you visit while Windows Explorer remains open unless you manually alter the view.
b.. As you browse to other folders (after the initial folder is opened), the saved view for each folder is ignored, and when you quit Windows Explorer, the folder view that you have been using to view multiple folders is deleted from temporary memory.
c.. The next time you open Windows Explorer, once again, it is the saved view of the first folder you open that determines how you view multiple folders.
Setting All Folders to the Same View
Some users want to have all their Windows Explorer folders set to the same view. In Windows 2000 Professional, the default setting is that any change made to a folder's view is automatically saved when you close the folder and is not applied to other folders. However, you can set all folders to the same view by using the Folder Options command as described in the following procedure.
To set all folders to the same view
1.. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, set the view to your preference.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3.. In the Folder Options dialog box, click the View tab.
4.. Under Folder Views, click Like Current Folder.
Important The Remember each folder's view settings check box on the View tab of the Folder Options dialog box (see Figure 9.3) affects how the view settings of individual folders are applied and saved. For more information about the impact of clearing this check box, see "Understanding Saved Views and Browsing Folders" earlier in this chapter.
It's me again not MS
Sometimes windows gets confused and doesn't save settings.
If no settings whatsoever are saved delete (note a reset of settings only clears one of these keys - one assumes corruption is more likely to be in the other key)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU
If a few settings are saved then delete this key (this is also the sort for File Open but file open doesn't change it only reads it)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Shellstate=
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"GAT" <GATIam DeleteThis @cableone.net> wrote in message news:049a01c36fea$a7018170$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm having a problem with explorer not remembering
> specific folder customisation. I like to have
> everything "listed" and arranged by "type". But it's
> always reset to be arranged by "name" (yet it's
> still "listed"). I also can't get (windows) explorer to
> remember the size it was last at when I close it. Is
> there a hidden setting somewhere that I may have
> accidentally changed to prevent this from being the way I
> want. I go into folder options and mess with settings
> there to no avail. (I.e. clicking apply to all folders,
> or click reset all folders, and 'Remember each folder's
> settings' checkbox IS checked).
>
> Thanks for any help in advance,
> GAT
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