Windows Explorer Number display in file names

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PaulBearHull - 28 May 2008 21:29 GMT

I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.
I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have
numbers in them. i.e. from file1.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.pg; file2.jpg;
file20.jpg; etc. to file1.jpg; file2.jpg; file3.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.jpg
etc.
I remember finding an instruction on changing a value in regedit to
accomplish this, but it was quite a few years back and I canot remember what
it was.
Any help would be appreciated, regards

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Jeff Johnson - 28 May 2008 22:33 GMT

>I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.
> I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have
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> it was.
> Any help would be appreciated, regards

If you're saying you want Windows to sort anything that looks like a number
by its numeric value and not on a character-by-character basis, XP should be
doing this by default. However, if it isn't, you can go to
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, line 107. The tweak as is
will cause Explorer to sort files like this:

10
100
11111
200000
22

instead of like this:

2
10
22
100
11111
200000

It sounds like you want the second option (which personally I can't stand,
but oh well), so open the .reg file you get from the site in a text editor
and change the dword value to 0 instead of 1.

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Big Al - 28 May 2008 22:40 GMT

> I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.
> I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have
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> it was.
> Any help would be appreciated, regards

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827

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