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Sandy - 04 May 2008 19:40 GMT

On my old 'puter the sort order for a directory listing such as A:/ ... w/be
as such:

t619
t6190
t6191 & so on

on the new 'puter or PC, I get:

t619
t6190
t695
t6950
t6191

........ with other numbers/file names in between

So, it sorts according to the first letter & the second letter (or in this
case number), but then it loses the order. I want (as I had before) all the
t619 series listed together & in alpha/numeric order.

Old system was Windows98 SE, this new system in XP ... not that I think it
should make a difference.

Ideas?

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Alan Edwards - 04 May 2008 22:09 GMT

XP is not the same as Win98 SE as XP has "intuitive filename sorting".
Turn it off with TweakUI
TweakUI - Explorer - Uncheck "Use intuitive filename sorting"

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

...Alan
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On Sun, 4 May 2008 11:40:00 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Sandy

>On my old 'puter the sort order for a directory listing such as A:/ ... w/be
>as such:
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>Ideas?

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Bill in Co. - 04 May 2008 22:58 GMT

Or he can use a registry tweak (doesn't really need TweakUI).

> XP is not the same as Win98 SE as XP has "intuitive filename sorting".
> Turn it off with TweakUI
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>> Ideas?

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PD43 - 04 May 2008 23:34 GMT

>Or he can use a registry tweak (doesn't really need TweakUI).

TweakUI is the weapon of choice for those who would prefer not to play
around with the registry when making changes that it can easily do and
that it can easily undo.

I am comfortable with making tweaks to the registry, but it's not for
everybody.

>> XP is not the same as Win98 SE as XP has "intuitive filename sorting".
>> Turn it off with TweakUI
>> TweakUI - Explorer - Uncheck "Use intuitive filename sorting"
>>
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

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Sandy - 23 May 2008 04:23 GMT

Well guys? I guess I will try the tweak. Although I did my dues with DOS
many moons ago, and I actually did make a correction to my registry in
Windows 98, I just don't feel like playing with it here & now. I did find
within XP, the correct command with no particular directions on how & where
to put it. After all these years of messing with computers, I have had
enough messing around ... better things to do! Will probably tackle tweak
this holiday weekend. Thanks for the help & happy holiday!

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> >Or he can use a registry tweak (doesn't really need TweakUI).
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> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

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