"Automatically re-sort contents" gets disabled after every restart

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"Automatically re-sort contents" gets disabled after every restart

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When I check "Tools > Options > Window > Automatically re-sort contents after moving/copying" the box becomes unchecked after closing and restarting Xplorer2.
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Re: "Automatically re-sort contents" gets disabled after every restart

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do you save settings on exit? see here for some other common settings pitfalls
www.zabkat.com/blog/settings-headaches.htm
(e.g. are you using custom folder settings a lot?)
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Re: "Automatically re-sort contents" gets disabled after every restart

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The problem only started after I got a new hard drive and installed Win 7 a week or so ago (didn't restore from a backup or anything). Never had the problem before.
nikos wrote: 2018 Oct 12, 09:32 do you save settings on exit?
Yes, Save On Exit has been checked the whole time.
nikos wrote: 2018 Oct 12, 09:32 are you using custom folder settings a lot?
No because the problem didn't happen on the old hard drive. I've moved less than half of my folders onto the new hard drive so now I'm using it even less.

Scrap containers - I rarely use these. The problem is in normal windows.

Are you using many folder tabs? - I use tabs maybe twice a week and never more than three at a time.

Are you using Layouts? - I don't use that.

use Actions > Save settings now menu command. - didn't change anything
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if you change something else, e.g. change a tab from details to list mode or vice versa, is it remembered?
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nikos wrote: 2018 Oct 15, 08:57 if you change something else, e.g. change a tab from details to list mode or vice versa, is it remembered?
Yes
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Re: "Automatically re-sort contents" gets disabled after every restart

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I can't find anything in the source code that affects this setting in particular. I have this setting on all the time and it sticks. Perhaps it is some problem with the older version you have, have you tried v4.1? Little bugs are fixed all the time
note that xplorer2 settings are not fully compatible between old/new versions so if you want to try v4.1 please make a backup of your settings first as explained here: www.zabkat.com/blog/13Apr08.htm
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