Folder View is not remembered for "Open" dialog boxes

[MS]

Using Windows XP Pro, with SP2.

I have my folder view set to "Details", with the files be set to be shown
in alphabetical order by filename, ascending. I have that set for all
folders. It works, when I open a folder in Windows Explorer.

However, when I am in another program, and I make a selection such as
"Open", where I have to select a file or files, and an explorer dialogue box
opens up showing a folder to select the files from, or navigate with to a
different folder, it does not show the files in my default setting. In fact,
they are never in my default setting, the file order is always mixed up, I
do not know on what basis, and if it is a large folder with many files, it
is difficult to find the file I wish to open. So--while looking at that
dialogue box I set it to how I want it--I choose "Details" from the menu
with which one can choose that, and then click on the "Name" column to sort
the files alphabetically. That works. However-----next time I open that
folder or any other, even a minute later from the same program, my setting
for viewing the folder in the dialogue box is not remembered, again I see
the files all mixed up, and I once again have to set it manually.

What can I do to get such "Open" dialog boxes to always open with the
setting I have for folder view options in Windows Explorer, or at least
remember the last setting?

 

[dev]

/ MS/ said:

Using Windows XP Pro, with SP2.

I have my folder view set to "Details", with the files be set to be shown
in alphabetical order by filename, ascending. I have that set for all
folders. It works, when I open a folder in Windows Explorer.

However, when I am in another program, and I make a selection such as
"Open", where I have to select a file or files, and an explorer dialogue box
opens up showing a folder to select the files from, or navigate with to a
different folder, it does not show the files in my default setting. In fact,
they are never in my default setting, the file order is always mixed up, I
do not know on what basis, and if it is a large folder with many files, it
is difficult to find the file I wish to open. So--while looking at that
dialogue box I set it to how I want it--I choose "Details" from the menu
with which one can choose that, and then click on the "Name" column to sort
the files alphabetically. That works. However-----next time I open that
folder or any other, even a minute later from the same program, my setting
for viewing the folder in the dialogue box is not remembered, again I see
the files all mixed up, and I once again have to set it manually.

What can I do to get such "Open" dialog boxes to always open with the
setting I have for folder view options in Windows Explorer, or at least
remember the last setting?

Try http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

Click on "F" and scroll to "Folder views - keep settings"

 

[David Candy]

That's correct. There are no settings for dialogs except the global default sort. You can set this in a folder window opened at a file folder by closing the window with the close button on the titlebar while holding down control. Sort is considered part of Show Hidden Files, et al type of global settings which is why dialogs care about the sort only.

 

[MS]

That's correct. There are no settings for dialogs except the global default
sort. You can set this in a folder window opened at a file folder by closing
the window with the close button on the titlebar while holding down control.
Sort is considered part of Show Hidden Files, et al type of global settings
which is why dialogs care about the sort only.

Well, but I do have it set globally. In "Folder Options", "View" (in a
regular Explorer window, not a dialog), I selected "Apply to all Folders"
after the folder was set with the view options I wished.

So it is set globally. Shouldn't that apply to dialog boxes too?

What do you mean by "dialogs care about the sort only"? As I wrote, they
don't seem to remember my sort settings.

 

[David Candy]

I've told you how to change the sort. Argue with someone else.

 

[Unknown]

Why are you so short tempered?
I've told you how to change the sort. Argue with someone else.