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Sorting Filenames A to Z or Z to A
Ever since I began using XP, (as well as Win2000), the filenames are
always sorted the wrong way. (At least haf lf the time). I have never had this issue with Win98, or earlier versions of Windows. Sorting in XP has always been random, it seems. For example, if I sort the files on a folder by NAME, I may get A to Z, or I may get Z to A (not including files that have a numbered filename). If I select Sort by Name, I either get A to Z, or I will get Z to A. If I do this a second thme, it reverses. So, I know how to reverse it, if it's sorted Z to A, but isn't there a way to lock it, so it ALWAYS puts the "A" filenames first? A to Z is the way I want it, the way I like it, and the way I'm used to seeing files sorted in Win98. In XP, it seems that everytime I sort, I have to take an extra step to check the sort order, and one more if it's backwards (Z to A). Not the end of the world, but ANNOYING!!! The same is true if I sort by DATE. I may get today's date at the top, or the oldest date at the top. (I want today's date at the top)... I have managed to get XP the way I like it, removed most of the annoyances, and it all works pretty well, except for this..... When I sort by name, I want numbered names, then ABC .... to XYZ. (not backwards). When I sort by Date, I want the most recent dates at the top, and the oldest ones at the bottom.... Does anyone know any way to lock this so it stays the way I want it? As I said, in Win98, I have never had this issue. I cant intentionally reverse it, but by default it sorts A to Z or newest date first. Or I can sort by file size, and the smallest are always on the top. We are all sort of programmed to think a certain way. For example, a dictionary is sorted with all words beginning with "A" at the beginning of the book. The same is true for encyclopedias, and usually catalogs, etc... Even something like Ebay, you can sort by price. Lowest price first, or highest first. Its good to have choices, but why would I want the highest price first? Microsoft gave us the choices, but it seems that they made it impossible to lock it so that it's consistent. I like consistency, and easily get annoyed by stuff like this. There is no reason I should have to keep correcting this..... and like I said this started in Win2000, and went to XP. I have never found any means to correct it.... Yet, this was not a problem in earlier versions of Windows. Is this a bug, which they introduced to the NT based Windows, which has no "fix", or does this have a fix that I do not know? |
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:35:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: It does seem to be just you/your machine. For the rest of us, the default sort order is A-Z by name, as it was in '98. I'm not doing anything other than selecting the sort order, which should remain the same the next time I go to that folder or after a reboot. SHOULD BE..... But it probably wont be..... It's not "the machine". I have XP laptop, XP desktop, and I have Win2000 as a dual boot on my Win98 machine. Both XP machines and the 2000 (boot) causes me this problem.... |
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James,
It's not "the machine". No, but it sure sounds like its related to *you*. whistle You see, I have 4 XP machines at home - and experience with at least 10 more - none of which exhibit the sympthoms you are mentioning. Having said that, there is a setting under (file explorer toolbar) Tools - folder options - view - (advanced settings) "remember each folders view settings" (caveat, this is in classic view). Have you ticked it ? Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:25:40 +0100, "R.Wieser"
wrote: James, It's not "the machine". No, but it sure sounds like its related to *you*. whistle You see, I have 4 XP machines at home - and experience with at least 10 more - none of which exhibit the sympthoms you are mentioning. Having said that, there is a setting under (file explorer toolbar) Tools - folder options - view - (advanced settings) "remember each folders view settings" (caveat, this is in classic view). Have you ticked it ? Regards, Rudy Wieser Now that you mention it, I recall setting Win98 to "remember folder view". This could be the same for XP, but I sure cant find what you are telling me to do. Where do I begin? Control Panel, or what??? I am not finding anything called (file explorer toolbar)... |
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