windows explorer wierd filename sort

[Mike Green]

how can i make the windows explorer sort filenames in a "proper" sort order? i don't know what it's trying to do, but i like to see 1 followed by 2 followed by 3 followed by etc.... and also is there anyway to enable a view/sort of the actual extension, all the characters after the last '.' - makes it kinda hard to sort mp3 from wav files...

 

[Kelly]

Hi Mike,

Change the Sort Order Back to W2K Style (Line 107)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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how can i make the windows explorer sort filenames in a "proper" sort

order? i don't know what it's trying to do, but i like to see 1 followed by
2 followed by 3 followed by etc.... and also is there anyway to enable a
view/sort of the actual extension, all the characters after the last '.' -
makes it kinda hard to sort mp3 from wav files...

 

[Alex Nichol]

how can i make the windows explorer sort filenames in a "proper" sort order? i don't know what it's trying to do, but i like to see 1 followed by 2 followed by 3 followed by etc...

By default XP treats any sequence of digits as being a numeric value,
and sorts using that as a unit - so 19 comes before 20 before 111

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP
Its Explorer page, uncheck 'Use intuitive file name sorting' (at the
bottom of the list)