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10-05-2009
| #11 (permalink) |
| | Re: Funny alphabetation in Windows explorer -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "chasgl" <chasgl@newsgroup> wrote in message news:B74A5AEC-6F08-455D-8212-570D1A749959@newsgroup Quote: > > Fascinating suggestion. I'm not sure why explorer would use the 8.3 or why > switching to alpha sort instead of numerical sort would affect the outcome. > But the symptoms sure match. > Thanks, > Chas > "Tae Song" wrote: > Quote: >> >> "chasgl" <chasgl@newsgroup> wrote in message >> news:85FF7737-D13D-4098-866F-625E240A209B@newsgroup Quote: >> > My sweety and I take pictures and store them in folders. I label mine Quote: >> > this 2009 09 22. My sweety does 2009-09-22. We figured that way they Quote: >> > appear by date and each of ours would be separate. But the order comes Quote: >> > like this >> > 2009 08 27 Near Ali and Saida's mostly biking >> > 2009 08 28 Saida and Ali return Arc de Triumph and Tour Effel >> > <a bunch of other folders> >> > 2009-01-04. Dhyana-Terri in town.breakfast >> > 2009-02-27. Party-Selim.Saida,Ali.Dan.Matt >> > . >> > . >> > . >> > 2009-09-14 Lemgo >> > 2009-09-23 Austin Property >> > 2009 08 29 Sacre-coer >> > 2009 08 30. Vaux-Le-Vicomte. Ali+M+C >> > >> > So first are some with 2009<space> etc >> > then some 2009- etc >> > then some 2009<space> etc >> > >> > Why would this strange thing happen? Any way to fix it? >> > Thanks, >> > Chas >> > >> >> It maybe caused by support for 8dot3 naming convention. >> >> 8dot3 >> Name as the appear in Explorer >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~3 2009 08 27 Near Ali >> and Saida's mostly biking >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~4 2009 08 28 Saida and >> Ali return Arc de Triumph and Tour Effel >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 20E603~1 2009 08 29 Sacre-coer >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~1.ALI 2009 08 30. >> Vaux-Le-Vicomte. Ali+M+C >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~1.BRE 2009-01-04. >> Dhyana-Terri in town.breakfast >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~1.MAT 2009-02-27. >> Party-Selim.Saida,Ali.Dan.Matt >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~4 2009-09-14 Lemgo >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 20BB6C~1 2009-09-23 Austin >> Property >> >> 8dot3 naming convention goes back to the days of DOS. 8 letters >> (filename) dot (separator) 3 letters (file extension). It's there to >> support old programs that still use the 8dot3 naming convention to find >> files. >> >> For whatever reason Explorer maybe using the 8dot3 naming convention to >> sort the directories. >> >> >> You can turn it off. >> >> How to Disable the 8.3 Name Creation on NTFS Partitions >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007 >> >> 1. Start Regedt32.exe and locate the following registry key: >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem >> 2. Select the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation entry. >> >> NOTE: By default, the value for this entry is set to 0. >> 3. On the Edit menu, click DWORD. Type a value of 1 in the Data field. >> 4. Click OK and then quit Regedt32. >> 5. Quit Windows NT and turn off your computer. >> 6. Restart your computer and Windows NT. >> >> As the KB notes, this works only for file or directory created after the >> registry change and reboot. >> |
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10-05-2009
| #12 (permalink) |
| | Re: Funny alphabetation in Windows explorer This algorithm is not 8.3 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/319827 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "chasgl" <chasgl@newsgroup> wrote in message news:B74A5AEC-6F08-455D-8212-570D1A749959@newsgroup Quote: > > Fascinating suggestion. I'm not sure why explorer would use the 8.3 or why > switching to alpha sort instead of numerical sort would affect the outcome. > But the symptoms sure match. > Thanks, > Chas > "Tae Song" wrote: > Quote: >> >> "chasgl" <chasgl@newsgroup> wrote in message >> news:85FF7737-D13D-4098-866F-625E240A209B@newsgroup Quote: >> > My sweety and I take pictures and store them in folders. I label mine Quote: >> > this 2009 09 22. My sweety does 2009-09-22. We figured that way they Quote: >> > appear by date and each of ours would be separate. But the order comes Quote: >> > like this >> > 2009 08 27 Near Ali and Saida's mostly biking >> > 2009 08 28 Saida and Ali return Arc de Triumph and Tour Effel >> > <a bunch of other folders> >> > 2009-01-04. Dhyana-Terri in town.breakfast >> > 2009-02-27. Party-Selim.Saida,Ali.Dan.Matt >> > . >> > . >> > . >> > 2009-09-14 Lemgo >> > 2009-09-23 Austin Property >> > 2009 08 29 Sacre-coer >> > 2009 08 30. Vaux-Le-Vicomte. Ali+M+C >> > >> > So first are some with 2009<space> etc >> > then some 2009- etc >> > then some 2009<space> etc >> > >> > Why would this strange thing happen? Any way to fix it? >> > Thanks, >> > Chas >> > >> >> It maybe caused by support for 8dot3 naming convention. >> >> 8dot3 >> Name as the appear in Explorer >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~3 2009 08 27 Near Ali >> and Saida's mostly biking >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~4 2009 08 28 Saida and >> Ali return Arc de Triumph and Tour Effel >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 20E603~1 2009 08 29 Sacre-coer >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 200908~1.ALI 2009 08 30. >> Vaux-Le-Vicomte. Ali+M+C >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~1.BRE 2009-01-04. >> Dhyana-Terri in town.breakfast >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~1.MAT 2009-02-27. >> Party-Selim.Saida,Ali.Dan.Matt >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 2009-0~4 2009-09-14 Lemgo >> 10/05/2009 04:51 AM <DIR> 20BB6C~1 2009-09-23 Austin >> Property >> >> 8dot3 naming convention goes back to the days of DOS. 8 letters >> (filename) dot (separator) 3 letters (file extension). It's there to >> support old programs that still use the 8dot3 naming convention to find >> files. >> >> For whatever reason Explorer maybe using the 8dot3 naming convention to >> sort the directories. >> >> >> You can turn it off. >> >> How to Disable the 8.3 Name Creation on NTFS Partitions >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007 >> >> 1. Start Regedt32.exe and locate the following registry key: >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem >> 2. Select the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation entry. >> >> NOTE: By default, the value for this entry is set to 0. >> 3. On the Edit menu, click DWORD. Type a value of 1 in the Data field. >> 4. Click OK and then quit Regedt32. >> 5. Quit Windows NT and turn off your computer. >> 6. Restart your computer and Windows NT. >> >> As the KB notes, this works only for file or directory created after the >> registry change and reboot. >> |
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10-06-2009
| #13 (permalink) |
| | Re: Funny alphabetation in Windows explorer But This algorithm is not 8.3 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/319827 -- Does not describe the actual behavior Vista exhibits when "numerical" i.e. Sever 2003 type sorting is selected. "Peter Foldes" wrote: Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: > >> > |
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