Frequent Browsing Causes Explorer Settings to Revert
Article ID: 158458
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q158458
SUMMARY
Windows NT 4.0 maintains user settings for the first 50 open folders in
Windows Explorer on a most recently used (MRU) basis. Frequent browsing of
local and remote drives can cause settings to revert from these user-
defined values back to the original settings.
MORE INFORMATION
Information on viewing folders is stored in the registry. The hard-coded
number 50 was selected as a compromise between the competing needs of
controlling registry size and enhancing usability.
There is no way to increase the number of Windows settings saved.
Additional query words: changes settings default lost
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