Windows 8.1 folder view settings not saved

Hello, Everyone
Windows 8.1 Each folder view settings not saved what i can do.I
want different view settings in each folder likes folder 1 i want large thumbnails & folder 2 small
What i can do to resolve the issue thanks in advanced.
I don't have any backup no system restore I also try to rest or restore default view settings but none are working for me.

Hi,
This is default behavior. It is not possible to set Windows Explorer to remember individual folder view settings for folders included in libraries. All libraries and its included folders share the same view.
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> I have a user who likes to set up folders in his GroupWise 2012 client
> (on Windows XP) to show To and From columns as the first two columns
> in his folder view. When he changes a folder and saves the changes
> in the Properties/Display/Custom Settings, everything looks fine.
> The next day when he gets into his client and goes to the folder he
> changed, the changes (adding the To/From columns) are gone. The
> really strange thing is they are only gone "most of the time", at
> other times the changes stick and do not have to be redone. User has
> found nothing consistent about why changes are sometimes forgotten
> and other times remembered.
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