All files and folders appearing under their date of creation

[Carnosaure]

Hello, since I started my laptop two days ago all my files and folders are
displayed by Vista according to their date of creation instead of their name.
I can browse more easy through programs such as winrar to actually see where
I am and what I have in one folder. I tried to display different information
using right-click "sort by" or "arrange by" and selecting "others" than
ticking something else than "date of creation" but that one can't be ticked
off. Is there another way to get rid of that situation?
Thank you.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hello, since I started my laptop two days ago all my files and folders are
displayed by Vista according to their date of creation instead of their name.
I can browse more easy through programs such as winrar to actually see where
I am and what I have in one folder. I tried to display different information
using right-click "sort by" or "arrange by" and selecting "others" than
ticking something else than "date of creation" but that one can't be ticked
off. Is there another way to get rid of that situation?

The easiest way to change the order of displayed files in Windows
Explorer or Computer, is by clicking on the header of the field you
want to sort on. Click it a second time to reverse the sort from
low-high to high-low, or vice versa.

 

[Carnosaure]

Thanks but this is not what I meant. It is not a problem of sorting. All the
files and folders are displayed by Vista as eg "11/09/2007 10:03" ie its date
of creation, for a file initially named "myvideo.wmv", for example. I can
still see the real name of the file when using winrar browser for example, or
when i try to rename it pressing F2, but after trying to rename it, it still
displays "11/09/2007 10:03". This is a real mess.

 

[Dave]

In Windows Explorer (which I assume you are using), right-click on whatever
column header you have, and select Name, Date Modified, etc. for whichever
columns you want to see.

 

[Carnosaure]

Yes I am using Windows Explorer but when I righ-click on the column header,
the "Date Modified" (not Created, sorry, my mistake) is ticked and can't be
ticked off. If i click on "Others.." I have a list of data (number of files,
author, program used, comments, company, version...) which i can tick to make
the corresponding column appear, but no "Name" and it is still impossible to
tick "Date Modified" off...

 

[Carnosaure]

Yes I am using Windows Explorer but when I righ-click on the column header,
the "Date Modified" (not Created, sorry, my mistake) is ticked and can't be
ticked off. If i click on "Others.." I have a list of data (number of files,
author, program used, comments, company, version...) which i can tick to make
the corresponding column appear, but no "Name" and it is still impossible to
tick "Date Modified" off...

 

[Carnosaure]

I think i didn't make myself clear... My problem is really bigger than just
not sortig the files the way I want. Here is a screenshot to show you what it
looks like :
http://membres.lycos.fr/carnosaurus/screendates.jpg
Don't scream, don't cry.

 

[Carnosaure]

OK I've tried this solution -customize the columns- again. I still can't
check a "name" category because it's not there. Only "Modified date" and
other useless data.

 

[Carnosaure]

I've been trying but again the name column isn't available. Many other like
"date created" "type of content" "author" "folder name"... but nothing about
the names of the files.

 

[Carnosaure]

Thanks
I tryed running scannow which found errors it was unable to fix, so I guess
I'll have to do a clean install from the vista recovery DVD I burnt when I
bought my laptop, since I don't have a proper installation DVD. When I have
some time...
Thanks again for your time and attention.