Stop automatically reorganizing by file name?

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I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename one
file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this from
happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?

Thanks
 
Jeff said:
I often rename multiple photos based off of printouts from thumbnails. My
problem is Vista automatically resorts alphabetically as soon as I rename
one
file. This throws me off both because it moves the photo to a new location
and I have to refind the place I was at. Is there any way to keep this
from
happening and resort alphabetically once I complete all my changes?
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I don't know whether you can stop Explorer doing this. In case you can't: In
the alternative file manager XYplorer this behavior is optional. If you
uncheck the option "Resort list immediately after rename" it will not
happen.

Don
http://www.xyplorer.com/
 
Hello Jeff,

You could sort files by a property other than the file name, such as "Date
Taken". Renaming doesn't change that property, so the documents won't get
reshuffled. To sort by a proprty, make it appear in the column list first.
Right-click anywhere on an empty space in the folder, "Sort By", "More...".
That brings up the list of all columns you can sort by. Scroll down to "Date
Taken", check it, "OK". A new column header will appear above the file list,
next to "Name", "Date Modified", etc. Click on it to sort by this property.

Thanks,
Ilia
 
Fantastic, thank you.

Ilia Sacson said:
Hello Jeff,

You could sort files by a property other than the file name, such as "Date
Taken". Renaming doesn't change that property, so the documents won't get
reshuffled. To sort by a proprty, make it appear in the column list first.
Right-click anywhere on an empty space in the folder, "Sort By", "More...".
That brings up the list of all columns you can sort by. Scroll down to "Date
Taken", check it, "OK". A new column header will appear above the file list,
next to "Name", "Date Modified", etc. Click on it to sort by this property.

Thanks,
Ilia
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