Vista - Desktop icons sort into two groups

07-09-2009

My desktop icons sort into two groups. When I have them sorted on
name, the result is that half of the icons is sorted from A to Zm the
remainder is also sorted from A to Z. There are as it were two
alphabetic indezes, each with about half of the items (icons).

E.g. (skipping most icons):

Adobe Reader 9
..
..

Digital Photo Pro
..
..
..
Zoombrowser
ACDSeee
..
..
Firefox
..
..
..
WordPad

There are 36 icons on my desktop.
My system: 2 x 2 GHz Intel CPU, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista SP1.

What can I do to have them sorted as ONE row?

Kind regards, thanks for your answer,

Rob in Amsterdam.

07-09-2009

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:11 GMT, (Rob) wrote:

Quote:

> My desktop icons sort into two groups. When I have them sorted on
> name, the result is that half of the icons is sorted from A to Zm the
> remainder is also sorted from A to Z. There are as it were two
> alphabetic indezes, each with about half of the items (icons).
>
> E.g. (skipping most icons):
>
> Adobe Reader 9
> .
> .
>
> Digital Photo Pro
> .
> .
> .
> Zoombrowser
> ACDSeee
> .
> .
> Firefox
> .
> .
> .
> WordPad
>
>
> There are 36 icons on my desktop.
> My system: 2 x 2 GHz Intel CPU, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista SP1.
>
>
> What can I do to have them sorted as ONE row?
>
>
> Kind regards, thanks for your answer,
>
>
> Rob in Amsterdam.

Normal. Or it was in XP; I haven't bothered yet in Vista.

It seems like the icons in All Users ant the icons in your own username
sort separately, but it goes beyond that. I just gave up worrying about it
:-)

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

07-09-2009	#1 (permalink)
Rob n/a posts	Desktop icons sort into two groups My desktop icons sort into two groups. When I have them sorted on name, the result is that half of the icons is sorted from A to Zm the remainder is also sorted from A to Z. There are as it were two alphabetic indezes, each with about half of the items (icons). E.g. (skipping most icons): Adobe Reader 9 .. .. Digital Photo Pro .. .. .. Zoombrowser ACDSeee .. .. Firefox .. .. .. WordPad There are 36 icons on my desktop. My system: 2 x 2 GHz Intel CPU, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista SP1. What can I do to have them sorted as ONE row? Kind regards, thanks for your answer, Rob in Amsterdam.
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07-09-2009	#2 (permalink)
Gene E. Bloch n/a posts	Re: Desktop icons sort into two groups On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:11 GMT, (Rob) wrote: Quote: > My desktop icons sort into two groups. When I have them sorted on > name, the result is that half of the icons is sorted from A to Zm the > remainder is also sorted from A to Z. There are as it were two > alphabetic indezes, each with about half of the items (icons). > > E.g. (skipping most icons): > > Adobe Reader 9 > . > . > > Digital Photo Pro > . > . > . > Zoombrowser > ACDSeee > . > . > Firefox > . > . > . > WordPad > > > There are 36 icons on my desktop. > My system: 2 x 2 GHz Intel CPU, 2 GB RAM, Windows Vista SP1. > > > What can I do to have them sorted as ONE row? > > > Kind regards, thanks for your answer, > > > Rob in Amsterdam. Normal. Or it was in XP; I haven't bothered yet in Vista. It seems like the icons in All Users ant the icons in your own username sort separately, but it goes beyond that. I just gave up worrying about it :-) -- Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
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