my pictures file order

[Guest]

In the "Thumbnail" folder view in My Pictures I can drag pictures around
rearranging their order. When I run the slide show they appear in the order
I created. When I change to a "List" or "Details" folder view the order I
created is lost. I want to write the files (.jpg pictures) to a CD in the
order I create in the thumbnail view. Does anyknow how to do this short of
renaming all the files with names that perserve the order I creat in the
"Thumbnail" view?

 

[John Inzer]

In the "Thumbnail" folder view in My Pictures I can drag
pictures around rearranging their order. When I run the
slide show they appear in the order I created. When I
change to a "List" or "Details" folder view the order I
created is lost. I want to write the files (.jpg
pictures) to a CD in the order I create in the thumbnail
view. Does anyknow how to do this short of renaming all
the files with names that perserve the order I creat in
the "Thumbnail" view?

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I'm thinking that renaming is the solution.
Adding a number in front of each file name
would do the trick.

(001) monday.jpg
(002) tuesday.jpg
(003) wednesday.jpg

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[Rehan]

Which slideshow program are you using? Does it work through the short cut
links ? If so then make another folder and Ctrl-Shift drag the files into
that folder; it will make shortcuts to all the files. Now you can point the
slideshow to work on these shortcuts. Rename the shortcuts in any order you
like. It wont touch the orginals.

If you are using the xp's Slideshow screensaver then unfortunately the above
trick wont work. In that case consider using the brilliant MotionPicture
slidehsow screensaver which works through the shortcuts.
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~gstitt/motionpicture/

 

[Guest]

Thanks John. I found an earlier very long dissertation on this same subject
which concluded, as did you, that renaming was the only answer. The earlier
response gave some good information on automating the renaming task. I have
completed the project using the techniques and I thank you for your response.
Russ

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rehan. I found an earlier very long dissertation on this same subject
which concluded that renaming was the only answer. The earlier response gave
some good information on automating the renaming task. I have completed the
project using the techniques and I thank you for your response.
I actually was just trying to put the files on a CD in the same order that I
had them in the thumbnail view. Renaming did the trick.
Thanks again for your response.
Russ