XP - sort order messed up in open and save as dialog boxes

[Chuck Bones]

XP started doing this recently. If I open a File-Open or File-Save As
dialog box, the sort order is scrambled. Here is a partial list of
programs that have this problem:

Gravity
Newsbin Pro
Netscape
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Nero

These MS applications don't have the problem:

Word
EXCEL
Powerpoint
MS Project

How do I fix this?

Thanks,

-- CB

 

[David Candy]

Office is not a window's program. It cunningly copies the look of parts of windows.

Open a file folder in Explorer, sort how you want, and Ctrl + Close (X on title bar). This sets the global sort which on nearly anything but Open Dialog is overridden by other settings.
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[Bert Kinney]

You can find a fix here Chuck.
Fix Sort Order:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_opensaveorder.htm

 

[Chuck Bones]

Office is not a window's program. It cunningly copies the look of parts =
of windows.

How is this relevant? I referred to the office apps as MS apps, I did
not call them windows programs.

Open a file folder in Explorer, sort how you want, and Ctrl + Close (X =
on title bar). This sets the global sort which on nearly anything but =
Open Dialog is overridden by other settings.

This did not work. Even tried a reboot. No luck. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

-- cb

 

[Chuck Bones]

You can find a fix here Chuck.
Fix Sort Order:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_opensaveorder.htm

This did not work. Not before a reboot and not after. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

-- cb

 

[David Candy]

Both do the same thing. There is no need to reboot. Although programs tend to read it once and remember what it is. For mine it must be done in a file folder as it is just the same as close on a non file folder.


If it's so irrelevent then why did you mention it. It relevent SFB because it explains the different behaviour.