diff --git a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
index 7ea5e80182..f6b51f21c0 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ QMimeData* KFileItemModel::createMimeData(const QSet<int>& indexes) const
         const int index = it.next();
         const KFileItem item = fileItem(index);
         if (!item.isNull()) {
-            urls << item.url();
+            urls << item.targetUrl();
 
             bool isLocal;
             mostLocalUrls << item.mostLocalUrl(isLocal);
diff --git a/dolphin/src/views/viewproperties.cpp b/dolphin/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
index 30deb7277d..d4ecfafa08 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ViewProperties::ViewProperties(const KUrl& url) :
     m_node(0)
 {
     GeneralSettings* settings = GeneralSettings::self();
-    const bool useGlobalViewProps = settings->globalViewProps();
+    const bool useGlobalViewProps = settings->globalViewProps() || url.isEmpty();
     bool useDetailsViewWithPath = false;
 
     // We try and save it to the file .directory in the directory being viewed.
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ ViewProperties::ViewProperties(const KUrl& url) :
             setVisibleRoles(QList<QByteArray>() << "path");
         } else {
             // The global view-properties act as default for directories without
-            // any view-property configuration
-            settings->setGlobalViewProps(true);
-
-            ViewProperties defaultProps(url);
+            // any view-property configuration. Constructing a ViewProperties 
+            // instance for an empty KUrl ensures that the global view-properties
+            // are loaded.
+            KUrl emptyUrl;
+            ViewProperties defaultProps(emptyUrl);
             setDirProperties(defaultProps);
 
-            settings->setGlobalViewProps(false);
             m_changedProps = false;
         }
     }