Opening and saving files

[Ray K]

In the good old days (up until about three weeks ago), when I went to
open or save a file, the dialog box would display the existing folders
in alphabetical order, followed by files in alphabetical order. Now,
with some programs, the dialog box shows the files and folders (in the
list view) in what appears to be in random order.

While the dialog box is in view, if I click on View Menu, choose
Details, then click on the Name column, the folders will appear first in
alpha order, followed by the files in alpha order, just as I want. But
the next time I try opening or saving a file, the dialog box doesn't
remember my last settings, but reverts to showing files and folders in
random order.

None of the Office programs (Word, Excel, Access) have this problem. But
my audio editing program, Cool Edit Pro, and my picture viewer, Irfan,
both have the problem.

FWIW, I use a program called System Mechanic, and one of its tools
compacts the registry. I really can't correlate the problem to when I
last compacted the registry. But since I wasn't anticipating the problem
and thus not looking for it, SM may have caused it.

Any suggestions for curing it?

Thanks,

Ray

 

[Ray K]

In the good old days (up until about three weeks ago), when I went to
open or save a file, the dialog box would display the existing folders
in alphabetical order, followed by files in alphabetical order. Now,
with some programs, the dialog box shows the files and folders (in the
list view) in what appears to be in random order.

While the dialog box is in view, if I click on View Menu, choose
Details, then click on the Name column, the folders will appear first
in alpha order, followed by the files in alpha order, just as I want.
But the next time I try opening or saving a file, the dialog box
doesn't remember my last settings, but reverts to showing files and
folders in random order.

None of the Office programs (Word, Excel, Access) have this problem.
But my audio editing program, Cool Edit Pro, and my picture viewer,
Irfan, both have the problem.

FWIW, I use a program called System Mechanic, and one of its tools
compacts the registry. I really can't correlate the problem to when I
last compacted the registry. But since I wasn't anticipating the
problem and thus not looking for it, SM may have caused it.

Any suggestions for curing it?

Thanks,

Ray

Open Windows Explorer in the Folders view, click on the Name column to
sort alphabetically, then hold Ctrl down while closing the window by
clicking on the X in the top right corner.