Sort by name doesnt sort correctly in my opinion

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Explorer does not seem to sort files by name in the order I expect.
e.g.
0x2A.txt
0x20.txt
0xA2.txt
is the order shown but I expected item 1 to be after item 2.
Doug Blake
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R.C.
Is there similiar solution for Vista?
The problem is the same in Vista but the registry solutions mentioned by MVP
Ramesh and the KB article do not apply.
 
Works fine here, mykee. Important thing is that you need to create the value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE area.

See:

Configure Windows Vista to use the sort order that is used by Windows 2000:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/227/1/

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


R.C.
Is there similiar solution for Vista?
The problem is the same in Vista but the registry solutions mentioned by MVP
Ramesh and the KB article do not apply.
 
Finally some results.

In XP, the registry looked like what the article had shown but in my version
of Vista the keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\....\POLICY did not show \EXPLORER.


After creating the key "explorer" and then creating the DWORD value,
everything works fine.

Thank you.


Ramesh said:
Works fine here, mykee. Important thing is that you need to create the value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE area.

See:

Configure Windows Vista to use the sort order that is used by Windows 2000:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/227/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


R.C.
Is there similiar solution for Vista?
The problem is the same in Vista but the registry solutions mentioned by MVP
Ramesh and the KB article do not apply.

R. C. White said:
Hi, Douglas.

You might be interested in this page by MVP Ramesh:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/xpsortorder.htm

And in this KB article:
The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is
different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827/

RC
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San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
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Thanks for the update!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Finally some results.

In XP, the registry looked like what the article had shown but in my version
of Vista the keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\....\POLICY did not show \EXPLORER.


After creating the key "explorer" and then creating the DWORD value,
everything works fine.

Thank you.


Ramesh said:
Works fine here, mykee. Important thing is that you need to create the value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE area.

See:

Configure Windows Vista to use the sort order that is used by Windows 2000:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/227/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


R.C.
Is there similiar solution for Vista?
The problem is the same in Vista but the registry solutions mentioned by MVP
Ramesh and the KB article do not apply.

R. C. White said:
Hi, Douglas.

You might be interested in this page by MVP Ramesh:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/xpsortorder.htm

And in this KB article:
The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is
different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827/

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
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