"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| However, the sorting in the _left_ pane, where the tree structure is
| shown, seems to be (increasing) name order only.
|
| Anyone know if it can be changed?
|

Isn't that what desktops and shortcuts are for? I've
never used the Folders Explorer Bar. I find it too tedious to
deal with all those tiny nodes. On XP and Win7-32 I have
a custom Explorer Bar with links to folders within folder
windows. On my desktop I have shortcuts to all drives
and several commonly used folders.

I also have whatever I'm currently working on spread out
on the desktop. I use it just like a solid desktop, taking out
the various "papers" I need for a project and then putting
them away when I'm done. So it's rare that I need more
than 2-3 clicks to get to where I want to be. Best of all,
it's intuitive, custom design. The places I go most are the
easiest to get to. The Folders Explorer Bar is just a generic
list of everything.