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Old 08-21-2007   #4 (permalink)
R. C. White


 
 

Re: Arranging numbers as filenames

Hi, Soul Man.

Maybe this will explain it, although it hasn't yet been updated for Vista:
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/default.aspx/kb/319827

You might prefer this page, by MVP Ramesh:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/xpsortorder.htm

My Google search was for "sort order xp" and "sort order vista".

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Soul Man" <Soul Man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E804CFA4-2F9D-4992-A35E-795F069235E1@microsoft.com...
> Couldn't find in a search...
>
> Have some folders where I save files using numbers as filenames, as an
> example I save my electronic check images.
> Windows won't sort them numerically, ie: it will go 100, 1550, 205 etc.
> instead of 100, 250, 1550. It sorts them as if the numbers are letters,
> rather than numerically. How can I change this?!?!? It really makes it
> hard
> to look for files (ie. did I already save the image of check # 1550?)


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