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Old 08-07-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Sort by name doesnt sort correctly in my opinion

R.C.
Is there similiar solution for Vista?
The problem is the same in Vista but the registry solutions mentioned by MVP
Ramesh and the KB article do not apply.

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Douglas.
>
> You might be interested in this page by MVP Ramesh:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/xpsortorder.htm
>
> And in this KB article:
> The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is
> different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827/
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "douglasgblake" <douglasgblake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> > Explorer does not seem to sort files by name in the order I expect.
> > e.g.
> > 0x2A.txt
> > 0x20.txt
> > 0xA2.txt
> > is the order shown but I expected item 1 to be after item 2.
> > Doug Blake
> > dblake@starbridgesystems.co.uk

>

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