Create and merge this registry file to correct the Sort Order problem:


1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]
"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,33,80,00,00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

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2. Save-as SortOrder.reg (or any name + .reg)

3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.

4. Restart your computer.

5. If that did not work, try this one (repeat steps 1-4):

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]
"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,3c,28,00,00,00,00,00, 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00

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"Poster Kris" wrote in message ...
Hello,

I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. Just recently the file/folder list stopped
sorting properly in the file-open dialog box.
This only occurs in certain applications. For instance, MS Office apps
don't have this problem (they uses a different object?).

Is there a Windows registry key that controls this?
If so, what is it and what should the default value(s) be set to to restore
it to sort on NAME in ascending order.

Or maybe I should just ask this: is there a way to simply restore all of
Windows defaults? When I created a new 'dummy' user and tested it the
problem was gone.

thanks

Regards

Kris