Stop automatically reorganizing by file name?

I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename one
file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this from
happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?

Thanks

"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
> problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename
> one
> file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
> and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this
> from
> happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?

I don't know whether you can stop Explorer doing this. In case you can't: In
the alternative file manager XYplorer this behavior is optional. If you
uncheck the option "Resort list immediately after rename" it will not
happen.

Don
http://www.xyplorer.com/

Hello Jeff,

You could sort files by a property other than the file name, such as "Date
Taken". Renaming doesn't change that property, so the documents won't get
reshuffled. To sort by a proprty, make it appear in the column list first.
Right-click anywhere on an empty space in the folder, "Sort By", "More...".
That brings up the list of all columns you can sort by. Scroll down to "Date
Taken", check it, "OK". A new column header will appear above the file list,
next to "Name", "Date Modified", etc. Click on it to sort by this property.

Thanks,
Ilia

"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A260DC3B-0BA2-4400-AB29-F0DC3D4B53D0@microsoft.com...
>I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
> problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename
> one
> file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
> and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this
> from
> happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?
>
> Thanks

Fantastic, thank you.

"Ilia Sacson [MS]" wrote:

> Hello Jeff,
>
> You could sort files by a property other than the file name, such as "Date
> Taken". Renaming doesn't change that property, so the documents won't get
> reshuffled. To sort by a proprty, make it appear in the column list first.
> Right-click anywhere on an empty space in the folder, "Sort By", "More...".
> That brings up the list of all columns you can sort by. Scroll down to "Date
> Taken", check it, "OK". A new column header will appear above the file list,
> next to "Name", "Date Modified", etc. Click on it to sort by this property.
>
> Thanks,
> Ilia
>
> "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A260DC3B-0BA2-4400-AB29-F0DC3D4B53D0@microsoft.com...
> >I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
> > problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename
> > one
> > file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
> > and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this
> > from
> > happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>