Arlen Holder wrote:
Why when I select pictures 1 to 10, does Paint.NET order them capriciously?

Knowing Microsoft orders files funny when you name then file1 or file01, I
named a bunch of screenshots ant001, ant002, ... ant009 using Irfanview
batch renaming commands.

In Windows file explorer, I selected the first file ant001:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=686...mbertest01.jpg

And then held down the shift key to select the last file, ant009, which
selects all nine files.
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=890...mbertest02.jpg

I right click on any one of them to "Edit with Paint.NET":
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=700...mbertest03.jpg

Hmmm!? Is it possible that this is yet another part of Windows 10 which
is broken?

I'm saying this because I tried to reproduce your problem on my
Windows 8.1 system, but if you select *multiple* files, the right-click
menu no longer offers the Open, Open with ..., Edit [...], etc. choices.
So this must be new functionality in Windows 10.

But when Paint.NET comes up, they're in a seemingly capricious order.
ant008, ant005, ant003, ant006, ant009, ant004, ant002, and007, and001
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=731...mbertest04.jpg

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