Open a folder, set it how you want it to be, then go in folder options through the menu of that opened folder and click on the button that says something like: "View all folders like this one".
If this does not work, and it probably doesn't, then you can change, in the registry, the default action when double clicking on a folder from Open to Explore.
Doing this however will likely not let you browse in place anymore but instead will open a new window for each folder you open within a folder.