File Sort Order in Windows XP

[fran]

To sort your files alphabetically, click View, Details.
Then click the header, Name, and the sort will take place
either ascendig or decending.

To view your Favorites list completely, double-click
Favorites to open.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am using Windows XP Home with the latest updates
>installed. When I use windows explorer or my computer to
>look for specific folders or files, the order in which
the
>folders are sorted are in alphabetical order, however,
>they are not always in either descending or ascending
>order as they were in older Windows programs. It seems
to
>be random and is driving me up a wall. I realize I can
>right click each time and sort them by name for ascending
>order but is there a way to set this up to do so
>automatically?
>
>The other question I have is about My Favorites. Windows
>XP in trying to do me a favor only initially shows me a
>portion of my ver long list of favorites folders,
however,
>I would rather see the whole list the firt time I click
>it. Is there a way to change that feature as well?
>
>I would appreciate any advice you can give me as it seems
>I can manage the frustration of the big things but these
>little things are making me bonkers!
>Thanks
>Kim
>
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