How does Windows XP decide the order to store files?

[Noel S Pamfree]

I had always thought that no matter when you saved files on a hard disk that
they would be listed in ASCII order in the directory (once it was
refreshed). I think I forgot that the length of the file name might affect
this.

A friend wants so show some photographs in a particular order so I told him
to change the file names to something like a001.jpg, a002.jpg etc. so that
they are in the order he wants to show them. However he says that having
done that and burned them onto a CD they are showing in a different order!

Can anyone tell me exactly how a pc running under windows looks for
pictures - or perhaps refer me to a suitable website.

Thanks,

Noel

 

[Gerry]

Noel

You can sort using any column by clicking on the column header.Thus you
would need to sort by file name and not by say file date to achieve the
desired result.


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Hope this helps.

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[pcbutts1]

The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is
different in Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 than it is
in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827


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[Bill in Co.]

"they are showing in different order". ??

Doesn't this depend on the specific multimedia application you are using to
display those pictures, as to how it sorts them? (I assume he's not using
windows explorer to look at them).