how to arrange at last?

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hello;

whenever I paste some file in the folder, it goes randomly somewhere
in the already exsisting files. I have to explicitly find that file if
folder contains many files. What are the setting for this? so that
whenever I paste file in some folder it should appear at the last.

OS: Windows Vista Home

Please help

Thanks
kaps
 
Hi,

There is no setting. It will fill in the gaps first, then plug the rest in
at the end. If you use view/sort by, then you can rearrange them by
name/type, etc. Clicking on header columns will also change the view.

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hello;

whenever I paste some file in the folder, it goes randomly somewhere
in the already exsisting files. I have to explicitly find that file if
folder contains many files. What are the setting for this? so that
whenever I paste file in some folder it should appear at the last.

OS: Windows Vista Home

Please help

Thanks
kaps
Click to expand...

It doesn't go randomly, rather how you have the folder options set up.
I'm using the business version, so I'm assuming the Home version
behaves in the same manner,no reason why it shouldn't.

Go to Windows Explorer. Pick a folder by highlighting it. Right click
in the right window pane anywhere there is blank space. Click Sort by.
The most common selections like name, last modified appear
automatically on the menu.

There's a couple ways to get what you want. First pick last modified,
then hit the refresh and you'll get the last modified file at the
bottom rather than at the top.

A better way is click on 'more' after selecting sort by. Now you'll
get an extensive list of customization possibilities. For example you
could select Date Accessed. Once you do be sure your choice bubbled to
the top of the list. If not use the move up button.

Now you should see a Date Accessed column. Move your cursor over this
column heading until it changes color. While holding down your left
mouse button drag this column left until it is the first column.

Now all the files will get sorted by Date, then time within that
context so a file with a timestamp of 10:40 AM on 4/26 will appear
ahead of a files of the same date with a timestamp of 1:00 PM.

There are many more possible selections. Play with the possible
selections and see what works best for you.
 
It doesn't go randomly, rather how you have the folder options set up.
I'm using the business version, so I'm assuming the Home version
behaves in the same manner,no reason why it shouldn't.

Go to Windows Explorer. Pick a folder by highlighting it. Right click
in the right window pane anywhere there is blank space. Click Sort by.
The most common selections like name, last modified appear
automatically on the menu.

There's a couple ways to get what you want. First pick last modified,
then hit the refresh and you'll get the last modified file at the
bottom rather than at the top.

A better way is click on 'more' after selecting sort by. Now you'll
get an extensive list of customization possibilities. For example you
could select Date Accessed. Once you do be sure your choice bubbled to
the top of the list. If not use the move up button.

Now you should see a Date Accessed column. Move your cursor over this
column heading until it changes color. While holding down your left
mouse button drag this column left until it is the first column.

Now all the files will get sorted by Date, then time within that
context so a file with a timestamp of 10:40 AM on 4/26 will appear
ahead of a files of the same date with a timestamp of 1:00 PM.

There are many more possible selections. Play with the possible
selections and see what works best for you.
Click to expand...


Well this worked out.
But how to apply this to all the folders?
It worked ..."data accessd"... but how to apply this change to all the
folders?


Please help

thanks
Kaps
 
Well this worked out.
But how to apply this to all the folders?
It worked ..."data accessd"... but how to apply this change to all the
folders?
Click to expand...

That is a long running flaw in Windows. Applying changes to a bunch of
folders sometimes works, other times not or worse it reverts back to
what Windows wants to do.

I'll assume you understand the concept of subfolders. Assume you have
an arrangement with a folder named "My Stuff" and a bunch of sub
folders for various things within that folder. Select the My Stuff
folder, properties, then the customize tab. Click the option where it
says apply this template to all subfolders. Be SURE to click on the
apply button then OK before exiting the dialog box. The trick is to be
sure to make whatever changes you want to the top folder, in this
example My Stuff, then immediately do as I detailed above.
 
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