Sometimes people face a problem in Windows when Windows doesnt remember their customization settings on Desktop and taskbar, like icons positions, toolbars positions, taskbar position, etc.
Recently I got a similar mail from a visitor "Onie Ward":
I downloaded something called Vista Customization Pack.
I've tried to uninstall this program (I'm on Windows XP) and it seems to have worked, EXCEPT that every time I login, my icons all line up on the left hand side of the page. I move them back to where I want them, but every login...moved. It all started when I installed Vista Customization Pack. I've emailed them, but haven't heard back.
Can you help?? Thanks.
So if you are also facing such problem, then this tutorial will help you in fixing the issue:
1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now check for a DWORD value "NoSaveSettings" in right-side pane under following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Restrictions
The DWORD value must present in any of above mentioned locations, most probably in the last one.
2. Once you find the DWORD value, delete it and restart your system. It'll solve your problem and Windows will remember your desktop settings.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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happyandyk
Nice tip. Thanx !
Ryan
Yeah... nice tip... howver your freaking web style is set to such a small width that you reg keys are scrolling off the page to under your content on the right, so I cannot see the full reg keys!
Nikolaj
what happed to my comment?
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Nikolaj
thats not my problem but sometime explorer repeatly crash when starting the computer but a restard can do it
Jeff
I have the same problem. My taskbar always resets itself in both Vista and Windows 7. I have tried the NoSaveSettings both by adding it and by deleting it. Nothing works. This is my biggest complaint on both of these operating systems.
Any other ideas?
Nowonmai
I searched for the NoSaveSettings in the registry, and it doesn't exist.
Jeff
You have to manually add it if it doesn't exist. What I found is even when I added it, the settings did not save. I'm trying to get the Quick Launch toolbar to stay. Sometimes when I reboot it's there, sometimes it's not. I don't get it....
jpChris
Hi VG,
Did the above — no joy. What I have been able to narrow it down to is that when I open Windows Explorer and open *any* file or folder, when I close out, a few of the folders on my Desktop will open in the Details View instead of the Icons or Thumbnails I've got it set to. This happens every time without exception.
Now, here's where it gets weird: If I open the recalcitrant folders *first* and then close out of them and goto Windows Explorer, I can open any files or folders and do anything in there and the folder settings will stay.
I've even set the "folder views" to 10,000 and get the same results. I've deleted the thumbs.db files, rebooted and reset the View — no joy.
oren
i have the same problem as jpChris
jpChris
@oren,
What I did was to open the folders, delete the "thumbs.db" files. Then I went to Folder Options in Control Panel and unchecked "Do Not Cache Thumbnails". Then I went back into the folders and clicked "View" and set the folders to the view I wanted them.
It was a pain but it worked for me. I'da thought Kelly's-Korner would have had a fix for this.