Folder View

I thought that by selecting 'Apply to Folders' in Folder Options it would apply to all folders. But I still find myself changing the folders to...

I thought that by selecting ‘Apply to Folders’ in Folder Options it would
apply
to all folders.
But I still find myself changing the folders to ‘List’ and removing the
column headers.
I have Vista Basic sp2 and have thought they would have corrected this by
now. Or, is
there a problem with my system?

Thanks,
James