Vista Explorer LIST view. Can the sequence be changed?

[Jim]

Am I missing a trick here? Vista's LIST option for listing files is
confusing.

Under XP I would see:

A M
B N
C O
D P
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L

and that made it very easy to skim down the lsit looking for what I
wanted. But under Vista it goes:

A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
K L


etc. which is mouch more difficult to read. (We humans write things in
lists for a reason!).

Is there a way to revert back to the old logic? (And please, no-one
suggest using Details view).

Anyone?


Many thanks,


Jim

 

[Jim]

An addendum. It only seems to SOMETIME do this (usually in a File Open
dialog). Strange...

Jim

 

[Toby Broom]

I think the left to right view is actually small icon view, the list view is
like it was in XP?

 

[Mike Jester]

Yep, this is correct and fixed it for me.
I thought I was on list, but I was on Small Icons.
Control Panel was driving me nuts. I feel pretty silly not realizing this,
but at least I'm not alone.