Windows 7 - remember view settings for File - Open - Desktop

All of my view settings seem to stick fine, except when I choose File - Open - Desktop in some application. Then it's Tiles view instead of my Details view, as saved for every other folder.

Win 7 x64
I already tried resetting Folder view options as per Folder View - Set a Default for All Folders

try to restore windows and see if that helps

It should remember. It works that way on my Win 7 Pro X64 system.

I just tried it with SeaMonkey, IrfanView, and MS Word and they all showed details view which is my preference.

What apps does it not work in?

Already did.

Every app I can find on my system. It used to work on the very system about a month ago. I don't recall what could have brake it... Every app behaves fine (e.g. for some random folder on my HDD) until I choose the Desktop from the tree on the left. If I navigate to \users\<username>\desktop the bahavior is also as desired.

Any other ideas?

Did you install any software around the time this started happening?

The problem is you always install something... Just to name few: LibreOffice, Skype, CCleaner. Frankly re-installation of any not-suspicious software is not worth the hassle just to solve that issue. In other words I don't do blind trial&error troubleshootings. If anyone knows the right registry key that holds the settings or an effective way to force these settings to reset than I'd be most grateful.

Edit:
Opera too...
The problem is specific to Libraries. When I navigate to Users\Desktop\ from Computer the view is set to details, as I want it.

The problem started when I lost Desktop from favorites in the side tree view in Explorer. Now I recall that around that time I deleted a Desktop.ini file that suddenly appeared on my desktop but most probably without the effect we're talking about here.

I do have a system backup (disk image) made not long ago, so I can restore some files when pointed. One last thing I can try is to go to Personalize and choose the default theme instead of my current custom one.

I tried selecting the default, unmodified theme. It didn't help.

isnt view setting basically controlled by the BagMRU size?

Changes to the size, view, icon or position of a folder are lost

Hello Bucic,

Did you try resetting folder views using this tutorial instead?

Folder View Settings - Reset All to Default

Hope this helps,
Shawn