'Save As' Menu Order...

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Hi..

does anyone know how I can change the way the 'Save As' menu is displayed?
When I click 'Save As' on a document, I get the usual box and when I click
'My Computer', the contents are displayed in order of 'free space' instead of
'name' which never used to happen. I'm aware I can just right click in the
box and select 'Arrange icons by' and then select 'name' but the next time I
use 'Save As', it reverts to 'free space' again???

I have other user profiles on the PC and they display in order of 'name', so
it's a bit baffling.

Also, I have set my Remember Folder Views to 8000 and there's plenty for
Windows to remember so I don't think it relates to that and none of my
folders anywhere on the PC are organised to display in 'free space'.

Any help would be appreciated...

Nick :-)
 
Restore Sort order in Open and Save dialogs
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_opensaveorder.htm

Or...

[[To resolve this behavior, reset the default sort order:
1. Right-click Start, click Explore and then click drive C.
2. On the View menu, click Details.
3. Click the Name column to sort items by name, press and hold down the CTRL
key, and thenquit Windows Explorer by clicking Close in the upper-right
corner of the screen.
4. Release the CTRL key.
5. Restart your computer.

NOTE: You must perform these steps exactly as they are listed. For example,
do not quit Windows Explorer by clicking Exit on the File menu. ]]
From...
Items in "Open" and "Save As" Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229070

From David Candy...
[[In a folder window not a dialog box and close is the X on the titlebar. It
MUST be done in a File Folder window not a virtual folder like My Computer.

Ctrl + Close button
Sets the system default settings, mainly sort order. ]]

According to David Candy...
[[There's no need to reboot. It's live. You may need to reboot if using
Explorer, but it's likely explorer gets it sort from elsewhere (it's the
sort setting of last resort for Explorer - there's about a million other
places it will try to get a sort setting from first). However file dialogs
only use this setting. In 95 it was an important setting for explorer.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Hi Wes..

Many thanks for the speedy reply...Doug's reg fix worked a treat!

Thanks again,

Nick :-)

Wesley Vogel said:
Restore Sort order in Open and Save dialogs
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_opensaveorder.htm

Or...

[[To resolve this behavior, reset the default sort order:
1. Right-click Start, click Explore and then click drive C.
2. On the View menu, click Details.
3. Click the Name column to sort items by name, press and hold down the CTRL
key, and thenquit Windows Explorer by clicking Close in the upper-right
corner of the screen.
4. Release the CTRL key.
5. Restart your computer.

NOTE: You must perform these steps exactly as they are listed. For example,
do not quit Windows Explorer by clicking Exit on the File menu. ]]
From...
Items in "Open" and "Save As" Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229070

From David Candy...
[[In a folder window not a dialog box and close is the X on the titlebar. It
MUST be done in a File Folder window not a virtual folder like My Computer.

Ctrl + Close button
Sets the system default settings, mainly sort order. ]]

According to David Candy...
[[There's no need to reboot. It's live. You may need to reboot if using
Explorer, but it's likely explorer gets it sort from elsewhere (it's the
sort setting of last resort for Explorer - there's about a million other
places it will try to get a sort setting from first). However file dialogs
only use this setting. In 95 it was an important setting for explorer.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
nick said:
Hi..

does anyone know how I can change the way the 'Save As' menu is displayed?
When I click 'Save As' on a document, I get the usual box and when I click
'My Computer', the contents are displayed in order of 'free space'
instead of 'name' which never used to happen. I'm aware I can just right
click in the box and select 'Arrange icons by' and then select 'name' but
the next time I use 'Save As', it reverts to 'free space' again???

I have other user profiles on the PC and they display in order of 'name',
so it's a bit baffling.

Also, I have set my Remember Folder Views to 8000 and there's plenty for
Windows to remember so I don't think it relates to that and none of my
folders anywhere on the PC are organised to display in 'free space'.

Any help would be appreciated...

Nick :-)
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Keep having fun, Nick. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
nick said:
Hi Wes..

Many thanks for the speedy reply...Doug's reg fix worked a treat!

Thanks again,

Nick :-)

Wesley Vogel said:
Restore Sort order in Open and Save dialogs
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_opensaveorder.htm

Or...

[[To resolve this behavior, reset the default sort order:
1. Right-click Start, click Explore and then click drive C.
2. On the View menu, click Details.
3. Click the Name column to sort items by name, press and hold down the
CTRL key, and thenquit Windows Explorer by clicking Close in the
upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Release the CTRL key.
5. Restart your computer.

NOTE: You must perform these steps exactly as they are listed. For
example, do not quit Windows Explorer by clicking Exit on the File menu.
]]
From...
Items in "Open" and "Save As" Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229070

From David Candy...
[[In a folder window not a dialog box and close is the X on the
titlebar. It MUST be done in a File Folder window not a virtual folder
like My Computer.

Ctrl + Close button
Sets the system default settings, mainly sort order. ]]

According to David Candy...
[[There's no need to reboot. It's live. You may need to reboot if using
Explorer, but it's likely explorer gets it sort from elsewhere (it's the
sort setting of last resort for Explorer - there's about a million other
places it will try to get a sort setting from first). However file
dialogs only use this setting. In 95 it was an important setting for
explorer.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
nick said:
Hi..

does anyone know how I can change the way the 'Save As' menu is
displayed? When I click 'Save As' on a document, I get the usual box
and when I click 'My Computer', the contents are displayed in order of
'free space' instead of 'name' which never used to happen. I'm aware I
can just right click in the box and select 'Arrange icons by' and then
select 'name' but the next time I use 'Save As', it reverts to 'free
space' again???

I have other user profiles on the PC and they display in order of
'name', so it's a bit baffling.

Also, I have set my Remember Folder Views to 8000 and there's plenty for
Windows to remember so I don't think it relates to that and none of my
folders anywhere on the PC are organised to display in 'free space'.

Any help would be appreciated...

Nick :-)
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