In Folder options/View, be sure to select "Remember each folder's view option." You can also turn off thumbnail caching here. My XP setup remembers all settings, so I'm not sure what is different in yours. **************************************************************************** ********************************************************* The answer to this is _supposed_ to be via the Tools>Folder Options>Apply to all Folders (after setting the present one the way you want). But it doesn't work for me either in the darned file *requesters* which is driving me crazy. I'd settle for a solution that would simply disable ALL thumbnails, and I suspect it can be done via command line but I'm not sure exactly how. - Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/spider1/24hrsupport.htm.