It's still going to be a change of GUID for the Downloads folder, so my guess is the result will be the same. But, hey, you never know. Certainly worth a try.

MajorFoley Others have encountered similar issues updating to 190x. I could find no reference to any solution to avoid the issue. The only "solution" was to reset all views to Windows defaults and...

There's nothing to be done in regards to the folder view backup and restore script. It's not at fault. In fact, it makes no difference if you run the script. If you look at the registry after...

Sorry to hear that. I don't think it's practical to stay on 1809 and it seems very unlikely we'll find a way to preserve your Explorer views, so I recommend biting the bullet - upgrade and reset...

Yup, sounds good.

Correction: The GUID did change. I was looking at the wrong registry dump when I said they were unchanged. In fact, in build 1809, the Downloads folder is a generic folder which is GUID...

The update from 1909 to 20H2 was fine. The Downloads folder kept my custom view. It appears the Downloads folder view issue was specific to the 1809 to 1909 update. With that update, it behaves like...

I'm trying an update from 1909 to 20H2 right now to see if that also affects the Downloads folder view. I'll let you know when it's done. If you set a global view with my WinSetView script, that...

I just did the following:
- Installed Windows 10 1809 in a VM
- Set several folders to views that differed from the defaults. I changed Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, Downloads, and a few...

Okay, I had to go back and reread. I thought just some of your folder views weren't being restored. If I understand correctly, NONE of the views are being restored. Can you describe the method by...

Thanks for sending the files. The first thing that catches my attention is that they are really big, so I wonder if you hit the 5000 folder limit. It's probably a good idea to increase the BagMRU...

Once you close a window, it's view is saved in the registry, so maybe that's not the issue.

Could you send me a copy of your BagMRU and Bags registry backup files? I would like to see what got...

MajorFoley I also just skimmed through the old thread because I was trying to determine if you ever tried a restore of the Explorer views on your old build or if the restore was only attempted after...

MajorFoley I recreated your issue. If a folder view has just been set and that folder has not yet been closed when you run the backup, the new view will not be captured in the backup. I suspect that...

The new versions I made (there's both a batch version and a Powershell version) combine everything into a single file, which will make comparisons easier, but IMO it won't make it any easier to...

As far as I can determine, the registry comparison just confirms what you already know. That is, when you restore your Explorer views from backup, the Downloads folder reverts to grouping by date. I...