XP Problem

I know this is way off photography, but we have one or two computer experts on this site and I have a problem. It is related to viewing image folders so I could say that it is indirect photography.

When I installed XP (when I was a young lad!) I had the option to display folders as Icons, details etc. Somewhere along the way I have lost that option. All folders display the same way. I can change from Icons to Details without problem, but only across all folders.

I have tried all the settings related to folder view, including "save these settings", but to no avail.

I do not want to reinstall windows - that takes too long especially as I have to also install SP2, which is also the reason why I cannot use the normal repair facilities - I just get "different version" which it is, of course because it is SP1.

I suspect something in the registry has been corrupted, but I do not know what.

Any help would be appreciated

It seems to me that the sooner you upgrade to SP2 the better. It will quite possibly fix this problem, as well as make the OS safer and better.

G

This seems relevant:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711

But they do advise updating to the latest service pack. You should've been on SP2 a long time ago...
But saying "I told you so" isn't going to help, is it?

Hope the registry fix works for you... remember to backup the registry FIRST!

Matt

Thanks for that - I am off to try my luck - regedit here I come .

The problem re SP2 was not that I do not have it but that my original XP disk is SP1 and the service pack SP2 is on an update disk. Theoretically I can slipstream the two together and make my own XP-SP2 install disc but I tried it once and it did not work.

Anyway, better to fix the existing setup than try and re-install everything again

Some time later (as they say in the movies )


The symptoms are exactly as described in the above article, but the registry is already updated - not surprising since I have SP2 in place. Anyway, I tried updating the registry again as described but the problem persists.

I have already gone part way down the road to re-installing and have a clone of a part installed system but I cannot face all the re-configuaration, drivers, software, network, internet, etc etc etc. Ugh

Perhaps I will just put up with it like I have for the past couple of years.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions

Why no just download sp2 and install?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245...

In your folders have you got it set on classic veiw or normal xp ?