Thanks Ken,

Yes, I'm aware of the various ways of changing the sort-detail.
Unfortunately, it doesn't retain this and I have to keep redoing it every
time I open a subfolder.

thanks again for your input.
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:19:28 -0800, "Poster Kris"
wrote:

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.


Are you aware that you can change the sort order by clicking on the
heading at the top of the field you want to sort on? Click that
heading a second time to reverse the sort order from ascending to
descending, or vice versa, whichever you are sorted on.

Is there a possibility that you are having your problem because you
have accidentally done this? Or some other user of your computer has
done it on purpose in those applications?

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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