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Problems with Folder view settings and file association in W

Dec 24, 2013 1:49AM PST

My Windows 8.1 64 bit started forgetting the view settings from a folder.So if I go in a folder and I set it to List-View for example,whenever I close that folder and I reopen it the view is set automatically to Details view.And this applies to every folder in my computer except Desktop.It drives me crazy,especially in my pictures folders.

Also with this problem another one came.I can't set a program to open some files,so the file associations for some files is broken.For example i can't set qTorrent to open torrent files.It just won't open them and the files apear as white documents just like I hadn't had a Torrent program installed already.I find it weird that both problems appeared together.
I previously had to reinstall windows on my machine,because of this problems.It worked normal at the begging,but today these problems appeared again.
I tried scanning SFC Scan with no result.
I hope I will get a fix here.
Thanks.

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I got a fix for this.
Dec 24, 2013 3:19AM PST

Hey thanks for the reply ,but I got a fix for everything.Apparently the problem is in the registry.
So If the problem began recently, I can try this to fix it like this :


1. Press Windows key +R to show the Run box, type RSTRUI and press enter.
2. Choose a recent date and time from before the problem beginning (such as the day before yesterday) and click Next.
3. The system will restore registry settings from that day, and restart.

Hope this help somebody,it help me.

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I can't tell how this came about.
Dec 24, 2013 2:10AM PST

We know this can happen but your post doesn't reveal if there is some change that caused it. For example I do see this on registry and other cleaner use but I can't find a Windows 8 answer such as http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-windows-does-not-remember-folder-view-settings

We know that MRUBAGS continues on in Windows 8 but I have yet to run into this today so I can't share if it's the same fix as in Windows XP to 7.
Bob