please don't hurt me - i know the explorer view has been discussed here several times, but my specific problem i haven't found yet. i've read through a lot of topics saying: make your settings in explorer and export the following key. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams "Settings" but everytime i change the setting to "sort by type" and close explorer, the changes are not saved. next time i open explorer it is sorted by name again. here's my key (detailed view already is on and working as desired): [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:08,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,77,7e,13,73,35,cf,11,ae,\ 69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,43,00,00,00 what i have to change for "sort by type"? anyone can help? fincher