My Computer change...

[Tony Talmage]

Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all items
present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local drives
(floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control Panel and Printers
and such... recently I noticed that I lost this group-style listing, and now
everything is all jumbled together. Ordering by name doesn't really order
by name... for example, the two entries called "Local Disk (C" and "Local
Disk (F" aren't next to each other, but separated by "CD-ROM (D", which
leads me to believe that organizing by Name is actually organizing by drive
letter, or something to that effect.

What the heck happened that would change this display? It's the only folder
that I've noticed has changed, but then again it's the only folder that did
that kinda thing AFAIK. Is this a common enough occurrence that maybe
Kelly's website has something that can fix me up?

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

 

[Wesley Vogel]

My Computer | View | Icons or Tiles | Arrange Icons By | Type | Show in
Groups

[[If the contents of a folder are displayed in List view, and then the
Arrange Icons By Menu option is selected from the View menu, the Show in
Groups command is unavailable.
RESOLUTION
To use the Show in Groups command, change the view to something other than
List view. ]]
Show in Groups Menu Command Is Unavailable
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293358

 

[Wesley Vogel]

My Computer | View | Icons or Tiles | Arrange Icons By | Type | Show in
Groups

[[If the contents of a folder are displayed in List view, and then the
Arrange Icons By Menu option is selected from the View menu, the Show in
Groups command is unavailable.
RESOLUTION
To use the Show in Groups command, change the view to something other than
List view. ]]
Show in Groups Menu Command Is Unavailable
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293358

 

[Tony Talmage]

Aye, I've tried that, but the groups it uses are alphabetical... so for
example I'll have " A | Floppy Drive (A / C | Local Disk (C / D | CD-ROM
(D" etc. I'm looking to return the display to the way it used to be -
doing this keeps the same organization structure but just doubles the length
of the display due to the lines denoting which letter identifies the entries
below.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

My Computer | View | Icons or Tiles | Arrange Icons By | Type | Show in
Groups

[[If the contents of a folder are displayed in List view, and then the
Arrange Icons By Menu option is selected from the View menu, the Show in
Groups command is unavailable.
RESOLUTION
To use the Show in Groups command, change the view to something other than
List view. ]]
Show in Groups Menu Command Is Unavailable
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293358


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all items
present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local drives
(floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control Panel and
Printers and such... recently I noticed that I lost this group-style
listing, and now everything is all jumbled together. Ordering by
name doesn't really order by name... for example, the two entries
called "Local Disk (C" and "Local Disk (F" aren't next to each
other, but separated by "CD-ROM (D", which leads me to believe that
organizing by Name is actually organizing by drive letter, or
something to that effect.

What the heck happened that would change this display? It's the only
folder that I've noticed has changed, but then again it's the only
folder that did that kinda thing AFAIK. Is this a common enough
occurrence that maybe Kelly's website has something that can fix me
up?

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

 

[Tony Talmage]

Woops, I remembered incorrectly. Checking the "Show in
Groups" option does properly alphabetize the entries, and
thus it looks more like this: "C | CD Drive (D / L |
Local Disk (C | Local Disk (F" etc. This still is
not how it used to be, and not how I wish it to end up.

--
Tony

-----Original Message-----
Aye, I've tried that, but the groups it uses are alphabetical... so for
example I'll have " A | Floppy Drive (A / C | Local Disk (C / D | CD-ROM
(D" etc. I'm looking to return the display to the way it used to be -
doing this keeps the same organization structure but just doubles the length
of the display due to the lines denoting which letter identifies the entries
below.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

My Computer | View | Icons or Tiles | Arrange Icons By | Type | Show in
Groups

[[If the contents of a folder are displayed in List view, and then the
Arrange Icons By Menu option is selected from the View menu, the Show in
Groups command is unavailable.
RESOLUTION
To use the Show in Groups command, change the view to something other than
List view. ]]
Show in Groups Menu Command Is Unavailable
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;293358


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Tony Talmage <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all items
present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local drives
(floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control Panel and
Printers and such... recently I noticed that I lost this group-style
listing, and now everything is all jumbled together. Ordering by
name doesn't really order by name... for example, the two entries
called "Local Disk (C" and "Local Disk (F" aren't next to each
other, but separated by "CD-ROM (D", which leads me to believe that
organizing by Name is actually organizing by drive letter, or
something to that effect.

What the heck happened that would change this display? It's the only
folder that I've noticed has changed, but then again it's the only
folder that did that kinda thing AFAIK. Is this a common enough
occurrence that maybe Kelly's website has something that can fix me
up?

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

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[Tony Talmage]

Are there any new developments for this issue? I've still been unable to
solve this problem.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Tony,

From one of your other posts:
[[This still is not how it used to be, and not how I wish it to end up.]]

I have no idea how that was. ;-(

 

[Tony Talmage]

From my OP:

<quote>
Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all items
present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local drives
(floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control Panel and Printers
and such
</quote>

I would very much like to return to this layout instead of what I currently
am seeing (details in another post). I've no idea what changed to cause My
Computer to change, so unfortunately I cannot simply undo whatever I did.

 

[Tony Talmage]

Nevermind - I'm just stupid. =) I turned "Show in Groups" back on like you
had suggested, and then played around with the options... the reason it was
showing the way it was (i.e. "L | Local Disk (C" etc.) is because I still
freaking had it organizing by name. Organizing by Type changed it back to
the display I was looking for.... so you were right, and I was just way
wrong. Sorry about that, Wes.

--
Tony Talmage

Tony,

From one of your other posts:
[[This still is not how it used to be, and not how I wish it to end up.]]

I have no idea how that was. ;-(

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Are there any new developments for this issue? I've still been
unable to solve this problem.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Tony,

Nothing to be sorry about. Glad you got it sorted out. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Nevermind - I'm just stupid. =) I turned "Show in Groups" back on
like you had suggested, and then played around with the options...
the reason it was showing the way it was (i.e. "L | Local Disk (C"
etc.) is because I still freaking had it organizing by name.
Organizing by Type changed it back to the display I was looking
for.... so you were right, and I was just way wrong. Sorry about
that, Wes.

--
Tony Talmage

Tony,

From one of your other posts:
[[This still is not how it used to be, and not how I wish it to end
up.]]

I have no idea how that was. ;-(

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Are there any new developments for this issue? I've still been
unable to solve this problem.

--
Tony Talmage


Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all
items present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local
drives (floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control
Panel and Printers and such... recently I noticed that I lost this
group-style listing, and now everything is all jumbled together.
Ordering by name doesn't really order by name... for example, the
two entries called "Local Disk (C" and "Local Disk (F" aren't
next to each other, but separated by "CD-ROM (D", which leads me
to believe that organizing by Name is actually organizing by drive
letter, or something to that effect.

What the heck happened that would change this display? It's the
only folder that I've noticed has changed, but then again it's the
only folder that did that kinda thing AFAIK. Is this a common
enough occurrence that maybe Kelly's website has something that can
fix me up?

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your work Tony.

I just had the same problem, no idea how it happened, or how to fix it.

Mike

Nevermind - I'm just stupid. =) I turned "Show in Groups" back on like you
had suggested, and then played around with the options... the reason it was
showing the way it was (i.e. "L | Local Disk (C" etc.) is because I still
freaking had it organizing by name. Organizing by Type changed it back to
the display I was looking for.... so you were right, and I was just way
wrong. Sorry about that, Wes.

--
Tony Talmage

Tony,

From one of your other posts:
[[This still is not how it used to be, and not how I wish it to end up.]]

I have no idea how that was. ;-(

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Are there any new developments for this issue? I've still been
unable to solve this problem.

--
Tony Talmage


Ok, I've always had the experience that My Computer displays all
items present in a group-style list: shared stuff first, then local
drives (floppy, hdd, then cdrom), then other things like Control
Panel and Printers and such... recently I noticed that I lost this
group-style listing, and now everything is all jumbled together.
Ordering by name doesn't really order by name... for example, the
two entries called "Local Disk (C" and "Local Disk (F" aren't
next to each other, but separated by "CD-ROM (D", which leads me
to believe that organizing by Name is actually organizing by drive
letter, or something to that effect.

What the heck happened that would change this display? It's the
only folder that I've noticed has changed, but then again it's the
only folder that did that kinda thing AFAIK. Is this a common
enough occurrence that maybe Kelly's website has something that can
fix me up?

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600