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02-16-2008
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| | windows explorer does not sort by name correctly VISTA Windows Explorer does not sort by name correctly (although DOS "dir /on" works) Please try it: create these 3 files any way you wish (i.e. copy & rename an existing file or right-click in right pane >new>text document) -- the extension and beginning letter are irrevlivant. a0b.txt a3f.txt a05.txt Sort the Windows Explorer column by "name" and you'll see that it sorts as shown above - it will not display in the proper order of a05 a0b a3f To no resolution, I've already added the registry setting suggested elsewhere here: HKCU & HKLM \sortware\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer\NoStrCmpLogical set as binary "01 00 00 00" I've also played with the view settings until I'm blue in the face. HAS ANYONE AN IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS and ESPECIALLY how to fix it?! |
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02-16-2008
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| | Re: windows explorer does not sort by name correctly Dos fails to sort letters dependant on upper or lower case, too. It evaluates the character based on its byte value in the character map (after a 'toUpper() call). Windows evaluates a number ignoring the leading zero. Same quirk, different cause. Vista dwells on the 'Y2K' bug. -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson .. "johnjneumann" <johnjneumann@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CD180F33-CBAE-4E88-A469-566584C02283@xxxxxx Quote: > VISTA Windows Explorer does not sort by name correctly (although DOS "dir > /on" works) > Please try it: create these 3 files any way you wish (i.e. copy & rename > an > existing file or right-click in right pane >new>text document) -- the > extension and beginning letter are irrevlivant. > a0b.txt > a3f.txt > a05.txt > Sort the Windows Explorer column by "name" and you'll see that it sorts as > shown above - it will not display in the proper order of a05 a0b a3f > > To no resolution, I've already added the registry setting suggested > elsewhere here: HKCU & HKLM > \sortware\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer\NoStrCmpLogical > set as binary "01 00 00 00" > I've also played with the view settings until I'm blue in the face. > HAS ANYONE AN IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS and ESPECIALLY how to fix it?! > |
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02-16-2008
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| | Re: windows explorer does not sort by name correctly "johnjneumann" <johnjneumann@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CD180F33-CBAE-4E88-A469-566584C02283@xxxxxx Quote: > VISTA Windows Explorer does not sort by name correctly (although DOS > "dir > /on" works) > Please try it: create these 3 files any way you wish (i.e. copy & > rename an > existing file or right-click in right pane >new>text document) -- the > extension and beginning letter are irrevlivant. > a0b.txt > a3f.txt > a05.txt > Sort the Windows Explorer column by "name" and you'll see that it > sorts as > shown above - it will not display in the proper order of a05 a0b > a3f > > To no resolution, I've already added the registry setting suggested > elsewhere here: HKCU & HKLM > \sortware\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer\NoStrCmpLogical > set as binary "01 00 00 00" > I've also played with the view settings until I'm blue in the face. > HAS ANYONE AN IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS and ESPECIALLY how to fix it?! I guess someone thought it would be 'helpful' to sort numbers numerically rather than ASCII collated. I seem to recollect I found that 000 comes before 00 which comes before 0 but 1 comes before 11 etc. However I still arrange date/time stamp file names as eight digits YYYYMMDD out of habit. Tom |
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02-17-2008
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| | RE: windows explorer does not sort by name correctly I think you may have the wrong value in that key. It should just be set to 1. See the article below. I have set this in two computers running Vista and it works as expected. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827 -- Paul "johnjneumann" wrote: Quote: > VISTA Windows Explorer does not sort by name correctly (although DOS "dir > /on" works) > Please try it: create these 3 files any way you wish (i.e. copy & rename an > existing file or right-click in right pane >new>text document) -- the > extension and beginning letter are irrevlivant. > a0b.txt > a3f.txt > a05.txt > Sort the Windows Explorer column by "name" and you'll see that it sorts as > shown above - it will not display in the proper order of a05 a0b a3f > > To no resolution, I've already added the registry setting suggested > elsewhere here: HKCU & HKLM > \sortware\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\explorer\NoStrCmpLogical > set as binary "01 00 00 00" > I've also played with the view settings until I'm blue in the face. > HAS ANYONE AN IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS and ESPECIALLY how to fix it?! > |
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