Vista - Sorting of folders

I just switched to using a PC from using mac since a few years, and moved
all the iPhoto albums into simple folders.

I have been playing around with windows photo gallery, and am loving it till
now 'coz of its speed and simplicity.

However, one thing I am struggling to figure out is what would be the best
way to arrange the folders. What I want is a list of albums, sorted by date
(and not alphabetically as it currently does).

I renamed all the albums to yyyy-mm-dd format, and that works, but then I
can't type the album name on keyboard to jump to it. It also gives a ugly
name to each album.

Any ideas how to get around this?

Thanks,
DD.