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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Microsoft Windows MVP
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"Soul Man" <Soul
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> 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?)