A search for "browse defaults" revealed a discussion with Keith Miller
involving setting some registry keys for IE default settings for all folders.
The problem I have is somewhat different--I think.

Is there a way to set the default display settings in the "universal" file
browse windows? (File> Save As for example) For some reason, my machine has
decided that it will display the files in descending order and list mode
only. List mode I could live with, but the descending order is annoying. It
seems to me that it used to take on the same settings as Windows Explorer
windows.

Thanks, Dave