Windows-Now.com has an excellent write-up on how to reset the view settings under Vista. It is not exactly the same as it was in XP! In XP, the “Reset All Folders” button worked literally for every folder. Under Vista, it only resets the current “type” of folder you’re looking at. For example, you could be in a “picture” type folder, and will only be resetting all folders that Vista determines contains pictures.

Also, if you want to get rid of the auto-type-sensing functionality altogether, they have another article on how to do just that.