why do all folders/dialogs display in reverse alphabetical order?

[Guest]

so starting yesterday all of my folder views through my computer, windows
explorer, open and save dialogs are all displaying in reverse order. I have
to right click every time I open a new folder and choose "arrange icons by
name" to get it to correct itself. Then I will move into a new folder and it
reverts again. It is getting ever so annoying and frustrating. Anyone know
why it might be doing this? And how I can fix it?

 

[Mike Williams]

so starting yesterday all of my folder views through my computer, windows
explorer, open and save dialogs are all displaying in reverse order. I have
to right click every time I open a new folder and choose "arrange icons by
name" to get it to correct itself. Then I will move into a new folder and it
reverts again. It is getting ever so annoying and frustrating. Anyone know
why it might be doing this? And how I can fix it?

Once you have corrected one folder, go to

Tools > Folder Options > View > Apply to All Folders

 

[Guest]

Awesome. Thanks a lot!

Once you have corrected one folder, go to

Tools > Folder Options > View > Apply to All Folders

 

[Guest]

So it turns out that fixed all my folders and explorer windows, BUT not
common dialogs (save, save as, open, etc)

Any ideas what to do about those? Thanks.

 

[David Candy]

Click X on titlebar of a FOLDER window sorted how you want the File Save dialog to be sorted. This sets the System Default sort, of which there are a million other sorts that mostly override it in a folder window (as Apply To All sets three different settings - Folder Defaults, Type of Folder Defaults, and individual folder setting), but File Save As dialogs only use System Default settings.