Re: Changing default sort order in XP?

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Thanks for the reply Bob,

I'll give that a go...but is it me or does XP behave differently because I
don't recall having this issue in W2K and earlier?

Thanks & regards,
-=pp=-


"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Then you will need to go to Tools, Folder Options, View, and set overall
preferences, like "Remember each folders view settings" and apply that
to all folders.

Pheasant Plucker® wrote:

Thanks for the reply Rey but that is not what I had in mind - its not just
new files...and I would expect the new files to be shown in their correct
order the next time I browse the folder...

In all earlier versions of Windows I have used the arrange order seemed to
be taken care of automatically.

In XP I struggle to find files sometimes as when I browse a folder with
many
files shown as Tiles they do not seem to be in alphabetical order.

I even suspect if I arrange them or refresh with F5 the next time I go
back
in they do not 'remember' the correct order or have reverted to some
random
order.

It seemed to me that earlier versions of Windows appeared to do an
automatic
refresh/sort as I never noticed this behaviour on older versions of
Windows.

I have tried 'Arrange Icons by Name' and also 'Auto Arrange' but I still
get
instances where the sort order seems haphazard...

Progress huh? ;^)

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

"Rey Santos" <ReySantos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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New files shows at the bottom (I expect it there) if not I click view
"Refresh".
--
Rey


"Pheasant Plucker®" wrote:


Hi there,

Using XP and have noticed that the default sort order is different to

that

of Windows 2000 and below.

I have seen references to changing the sort order but that only seems to
apply to numbers and not letters?

In XP for example if I add a new file into a folder that already

contains

files then it can be displayed anywhere, at the bottom or randomly
somewhere.

This is annoying and when I next go into that same folder I have to hunt
around to find the file but in a large folder I sometimes miss it.

In W2K & below the new file was automatically inserted in its correct
alphabetical sort order.

I am guessing this behaviour can be changed but how?

Maybe I have missed something here but why did MS change this behaviour?

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Thanks & regards,
-pp-










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