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Old January 6th 04, 07:55 PM
RGL
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Default Explorer not sorting correctly

I'm using XP Explorer to look at a folder containing the
source code for several thousand C business functions.
When I click on the Name column to sort the directory in
ascending order, the display is not in ascending order.
I'm not sure what order it's in. The same directory
viewed in Win 2000 Explorer sorts correctly. How do I
correct this XP phenomenon?
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Old January 6th 04, 07:55 PM
purplehaz
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Default Explorer not sorting correctly

Post example of how its not sorting correctly.

"RGL" wrote in message
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I'm using XP Explorer to look at a folder containing the
source code for several thousand C business functions.
When I click on the Name column to sort the directory in
ascending order, the display is not in ascending order.
I'm not sure what order it's in. The same directory
viewed in Win 2000 Explorer sorts correctly. How do I
correct this XP phenomenon?



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Old January 6th 04, 07:55 PM
Lemon Jelly
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Default Explorer not sorting correctly

RGL - typed:
I'm using XP Explorer to look at a folder containing the
source code for several thousand C business functions.
When I click on the Name column to sort the directory in
ascending order, the display is not in ascending order.
I'm not sure what order it's in. The same directory
viewed in Win 2000 Explorer sorts correctly. How do I
correct this XP phenomenon?


XP, by default sorts by numerical value (ignores leading zeros) & not
ASCII like every other OS. However, it had a bug prior to SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;318872
Post SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319827
This KB article includes the reg string for per user rather than global
as below.

If you want to revert to preXP sorting, paste the following into
Notepad, save with a name of your choice then change the extension to
reg. Right click then Merge:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Policies\E
xplorer\]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001


 




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