FILE CONFLICTS WITH OFFICE 2000

[MSTARR]

I have transferred my old Office 2000 files to Windows XP. Now all of my
files are out of order from th eway they were when I was using Windows 2000.
Windows XP doesn't recognize zeros at the beginning of a file name, it sorts
the file by the first hole number. The next issue is that XP also uses a dash
as if it is breaking up a number.
Examples:
00400 is now near the beginning of the 4's. I say beginning because 48-300
would come before 00400 because 48 comes before 400. this is not the way that
Windows 2000 arranged files.
Is there anything that I can do to correct this?
Matt

[Nepatsfan]

,
MSTARR > wrote:
> I have transferred my old Office 2000 files to Windows XP.
> Now all of my files are out of order from th eway they were
> when I was using Windows 2000. Windows XP doesn't recognize
> zeros at the beginning of a file name, it sorts the file by
> the first hole number. The next issue is that XP also uses a
> dash as if it is breaking up a number.
> Examples:
> 00400 is now near the beginning of the 4's. I say beginning
> because 48-300 would come before 00400 because 48 comes
> before 400. this is not the way that Windows 2000 arranged
> files.
> Is there anything that I can do to correct this?
> Matt

You might want to take a look here,

The sort order for files and folders whose names contain
numerals is different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319827

Good luck

Nepatsfan

[MSTARR]

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> ,
> MSTARR > wrote:
> > I have transferred my old Office 2000 files to Windows XP.
> > Now all of my files are out of order from th eway they were
> > when I was using Windows 2000. Windows XP doesn't recognize
> > zeros at the beginning of a file name, it sorts the file by
> > the first hole number. The next issue is that XP also uses a
> > dash as if it is breaking up a number.
> > Examples:
> > 00400 is now near the beginning of the 4's. I say beginning
> > because 48-300 would come before 00400 because 48 comes
> > before 400. this is not the way that Windows 2000 arranged
> > files.
> > Is there anything that I can do to correct this?
> > Matt
>
> You might want to take a look here,
>
> The sort order for files and folders whose names contain
> numerals is different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319827
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan

Thanks I'll try this.

Matt
>
>
>

[Nepatsfan]

,
MSTARR > wrote:
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> ,
>> MSTARR > wrote:
>>> I have transferred my old Office 2000 files to Windows XP.
>>> Now all of my files are out of order from th eway they were
>>> when I was using Windows 2000. Windows XP doesn't recognize
>>> zeros at the beginning of a file name, it sorts the file by
>>> the first hole number. The next issue is that XP also uses
>>> a dash as if it is breaking up a number.
>>> Examples:
>>> 00400 is now near the beginning of the 4's. I say beginning
>>> because 48-300 would come before 00400 because 48 comes
>>> before 400. this is not the way that Windows 2000 arranged
>>> files.
>>> Is there anything that I can do to correct this?
>>> Matt
>>
>> You might want to take a look here,
>>
>> The sort order for files and folders whose names contain
>> numerals is different in Windows XP than it is in Windows
>> 2000
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319827
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>
> Thanks I'll try this.
>
> Matt

FYI, here's an automated registry fix for this problem. Does
the same thing as that other article I referred you to.

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Line 107, left hand column, Change the Sort Order back to
Pre-XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan