Folder Sorting on name seems really strange.

[Michael Taylor in Canada]

I recently got this XP computer after my Windows 98 died and the detail view
of Folders confuse me.

I have many filenames in the form ( number dash any character dash any
character dot extent).

What seems to be happening is that files are being listed as though there
are leading blank zeros in the file name such as:

2-lzp-mt.jpg
10-vien-mt.jpg
95-vien-mt.jpg
226-bug-mt.jpg
442-bud-mt.jpg
1000-ber-mt.jpg

With a large folder I am having troubles finding files from the list. There
doesn't seem to be any XP help on sorting files and they never did this in
Windows98. How can I fix the display without changing all of my file names.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Michael;
Go to Help and Support | Type: sorting files | ENTER

Go to Help and Support | Type: Viewing files and folders overview | ENTER

To sort items by categories such as date, name, size, and type, on the View
menu, point to Arrange Icons by, and then click the appropriate command.

In Details view, you can choose the file information you want to display. On
the View menu, click Choose Details. Use the Choose Details dialog box to
select and organize the information that is displayed.

To change the details displayed, on the View menu, click Choose Details. In the
Choose Details dialog box, click to select or clear the items you want to view.

To change the order of the columns, in the Choose Details dialog box, click
Move Up or Move Down.

To change how items are grouped, on the View menu, point to Arrange Icons by,
and then click one of the sort options.

To change the sort options available under Arrange Icons by, on the View menu,
click Choose Details.

In the Choose Details dialog box, select the check boxes next to the items you
want to include in the Arrange Icons by list. Clear the check boxes next to the
items you want to remove from the list.

To undo showing files and folders in groups, on the View menu, point to Arrange
Icons by, and then click Show in Groups to remove the check mark next to the
command.

 

[noone]

XP has a new "intuitive" sorting algorithm, so that files named like this:

file 1.txt
file 05.txt
file 20.txt

will list in the above order, because to you and me, 1 comes before 5, but
to a computer, 0 comes before 1.

You can revert this to the old way if you want: get the TweakUI powertoy,
version 1.2 (the latest) from microsoft's site (it's free), there's an
option in there to change it back to the old way. That'll sort these like
this:

File 05.txt
File 1.txt
File 20.txt

TweakUI has about 100 things you can tweak, everyone should have it!

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

 

[Michael Taylor in Canada]

<< TweakUI has about 100 things you can tweak, everyone should have it!

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp >>

Will this only work in XP Pro or will it work with XP Home?

Regards
Michael

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Michael;
TweakUI works with both. )