I have had a problem since probably 8 months ago that I have ignored as it is little more than a annoyance. Like clock work approximately once per every 2 weeks all of my file settings get reverted back to normal and the only fix is a registry edit. I actually acquired a reg. script to do it, because it is so routine. Because of the timing I am guessing that something in the cleanup sequence is the fault, but I can't point a finger at the exact cause.

This is the reg. edit needed to bring it back.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00004e20

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

And from there I can make all of my personal views etc. till it happens next time. The only difference is that in my failed reg. and the script listed above is that I have after the 00004e20 (Dword) it has (2000).
Could this be a limitation to the number of entries that are permitted and it fails back to '0' if I exceed this number? I'm guessing here.

Charlie

Your BagMRU Size key can be amended by right-clicking it > Modify and change it to 2000 (decimal).

Also, have a look here http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819 ... tings.html which states removing Bags and BagMRU from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\

Just to be safe, create a system restore point first.

The link you gave has the same script I use. Thats the problem! I should not have to keep resetting. What you have mentioned is exactly why I am concerned. The reg. script removes the 2000 and all is well till next time. It is when the 2000 is there that I have the problem. I think I might try a GREATER number like 20,000 and see if it will accept that, but if it fills it up then how far can I rationally go? I have a few thousand photos on one drive and cycle through a lot of music, but currently I have not essentially increased either by any significant amount, but rather delete the new stuff when finished with each session. So little has changed in the number of registered icons etc.

I don’t know your level of knowledge so I hope this doesn’t sound patronising.

When entering values in registry keys one has to specify hex, decimal or value data in binary, e.g. your 4e20 in hexadecimal is 20,000 in decimal.

I also have a feeling you’re changing the wrong keys. Have you tried deleting the two I mentioned?

In XP the relevant key (BagMRU Size) to be amended is located in these two HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam.

I’m on an XP machine at the moment so I haven’t looked at them in Vista.

I am well beyond the A+ level. I just about got my MCSE and got bored! Went to drive a taxi and eventually truck driving instead. I am very simple minded. I would rather be making some fine furniture like you talk about. That and editing/listening to fine music. I got bored with graduate level Calculus and other things like that. I can get straight A's and then loose all interest. Studied programming in the 60's while still in high school and later college. Got bored. If I don't have a VERY high level of intensity in the educational process I can't keep focused and just as soon as the high intensity wares down to routine, I'm out of there in a flash. Sometimes it's so bad I can be thinking what I want to key in the text, but I look down and I am typing gibberish. I admire people who have to learn the normal way and can stick with stuff. I'll try the elimination of the two reg. entries and see how that works out.

Charlie

I'm now on a Vista machine and have found four occurrences of BagMru Size. Two of them are the XP keys I posted above and the other two are in HKey_Users.

They all have a (presumably default) value of 1388 (5,000 decimal).