Rearrange files

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Andre De Clercq

I have a large number of .jpg file in a folder. I want to change their
relative place in the folder. Is their a way to do this in XP without having
them renamed to fit the name ordering? Thanks for any advise.
 
You can rearrange them based on certain criteria (right-click, arrange icons
on blank space in right panel).
Can't help anymore unless you are more specific. Arrange how?
 
Andre De Clercq said:
I have a large number of .jpg file in a folder. I want to change their
relative place in the folder. Is their a way to do this in XP without
having them renamed to fit the name ordering? Thanks for any advise.
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Go to View on the Menu bar. There are loads of ways you can display them.

You can arrange icons by Name, Size, Type, Modified.

Names are sorted in a character order.

0, 1, 2, ..., 9, a, b, c,.., z

Files can be numbered but the numbering should be at the front of the name
and these should be prefaced by leading zeros - so that the numbering is of
, say 5 digits eg

00001 File name
00002 File name

00nnn File name

Sub-folders are more user-friendly but it all depends whether it is just for
personal use - or it is a scheme that is to be agreed across an office or
organisation. If it is just simply for personal use then you can use what
you prefer whereas if it is for wider office use this needs to be some
agreed (possibly industry) standard or classification.

Where I used to work we prefaced the files with their date of creation
(YYMMDD) eg

060813 for the 13 August.

So 060813 Data on bed-stays in hospital.

You can use your own coding. Of course, important files can be listed in a
spreadsheet and they can be described and their full reference can be given
so that it can be located.

Nick
 
Thanks for the responses, but my problem is that I have e.g. 100 files
(.jpg) numbered with a 2 digit preface (00 to 99). I want 60 of them to be
reordered, say 21 on position 33, 44 on position 00 etc. for a slideshow.
Is there a way to avoid renaming those 60 files and then arrange bij name?
Can't I just reorder the thumbnails in the filmstrip mode thumbnail line ,
and let the system rename the new positions?
 
If you use a suitable software I would have thought that you should be able
to order the slideshow in whatever you want - after all the files might be
called anything.

I would imagine that you should either be able to move them manually or do a
mapping as you suggest.

An alternative to renaming the files if they can only be loaded in name
order would possibly be to create shortcuts to the files in which the
shortcuts were in the name or numerical order that you require. If you want
to change the order you just change the name/number of the shortcut.

Nick
 
Upload your photos to a free website like www.kodakgallery.com. Once
uploaded, the site will allow you to click and drag the photos into which
ever order you desire without renaming the files. Then, it will allow you to
send the URL to anyone you want to be able to view the photos.

However, I don't know
 
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