Auto-arrange

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Joel

The folder view menu has an Auto-Arrange choice, but it's
greyed out (disabled). I'd like to use it sometimes, but
how?

Joel
 
Did we miss something? I don't think so. I would like to
use Auto-Arrange in my folder display, but it is greyed
out. How can I use it?
 
What do you mean by " AutoArrange". That is something that is unavailable on
my computer. I have a choice of arrange by name, etc, but no AutoArrange.

JAX
 
I think they mean the option to arrange objects in a
folder when you right click > Arrange Icons By ?
 
Let me guess, you have the folder in question in Details mode right?
You cannot use Auto Arrange in Details mode. Why? Because the Auto Arrange
does not SORT the items like Arrange by Date, Name, etc. What Auto Arrange
does is to move the icons and snap them to a gird so that they are in nice
neat rows and columns. Since in Details mode the icons are forcibly set to
nice neat rows and columns (you can't move them about willy-nilly), there is
no need for Auto Arrange. You'll notice that there is a separator between
the Sort functions and the Arrange functions (Name, Date, Size, Type and
Groups, Auto, Grid), that is there to distinguish the two types of
arrangement. Technically one is sorting, the other is arranging, but
Microsoft probably didn't want to make a new menu entry.


HTH

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Alec S.
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