Windows icon view resetting

Hi, please excuse me if this is posted in the incorrect place.

I have a problem where if I ever change my view in an explorer window it will never stay to what I set it to. It doesn't matter which folder I change, the folder will always reset back to the "Details" view as soon as I leave that directory. I've tried rebuilding my icon cache using this guide

Icon Cache - Rebuild

but it didn't fix the problem. I even did a windows upgrade so all system files would reinstall, but again, that didn't fix the problem.

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas on how I could fix this, I would be more than happy to try them out.

Thanks

Thank you for the reply.

The first method didn't seem to have any effect, however the second method now forces Explorer to display the icons with the "Large icons" settings. However, I still cant apply changes. When I do, they will just reset back to large icons when I leave the directory.

I forgot to add in my original post, that sorting also gets reset when I leave a directory. For instance, if I set a directory to sort by date, when I leave the directory and come back, it will reset back to alphabetical order.

This problem applies to every folder on my computer, regardless of what drive it's on.

Brink said:

As a test, create a new administrator account, log on to it, and see if you have the same issue in it. This will let you know if it's just your old account, or a system wide issue.

If it works, then you might consider using it instead and copying any shortcuts, files, etc you like from the old account to the new one.

Thank you this seemed to work. I know you said that it would be easier to just use the other account, but is it possible to fix this issue? I would rather not go through the hassle of transferring all my files.

Again, thanks for the help.

Unfortunately I never created a restore point. Are there any other options?