Sort by name doesnt sort correctly in my opinion

douglasgblake · External Since: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 1

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
dblake.RemoveThis@starbridgesystems.co.uk

R. C. White · External Since: May 19, 2006 Posts: 165

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
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc.TakeThisOut@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"douglasgblake" <douglasgblake.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> 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
> dblake.TakeThisOut@starbridgesystems.co.uk

mykee · External Since: Aug 07, 2007 Posts: 2

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" wrote:

> 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
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc.RemoveThis@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "douglasgblake" <douglasgblake.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> > dblake.RemoveThis@starbridgesystems.co.uk
>

Ramesh, MS-MVP · External Since: Nov 28, 2006 Posts: 936

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]
WindowsÂ® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"mykee" <mykee.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:572043F7-CF42-42CE-8E5F-95FBE7B4F768@microsoft.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" wrote:

> 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
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc.DeleteThis@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "douglasgblake" <douglasgblake.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> > dblake.DeleteThis@starbridgesystems.co.uk
>

mykee · External Since: Aug 07, 2007 Posts: 2

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, MS-MVP" wrote:

> 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]
> WindowsÂ® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "mykee" <mykee.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:572043F7-CF42-42CE-8E5F-95FBE7B4F768@microsoft.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" wrote:
>
> > 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
> > --
> > R. C. White, CPA
> > San Marcos, TX
> > rc.RemoveThis@grandecom.net
> > Microsoft Windows MVP
> > (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
> >
> > "douglasgblake" <douglasgblake.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> > > 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
> > > dblake.RemoveThis@starbridgesystems.co.uk
> >
>

Ramesh, MS-MVP · External Since: Nov 28, 2006 Posts: 936

Thanks for the update!

--
Regards,

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

"mykee" <mykee.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BB4192D9-71EC-461F-AAFB-0DE5B7ABBCCE@microsoft.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, MS-MVP" wrote:

> 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]
> WindowsÂ® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "mykee" <mykee.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:572043F7-CF42-42CE-8E5F-95FBE7B4F768@microsoft.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" wrote:
>
> > 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
> > --
> > R. C. White, CPA
> > San Marcos, TX
> > rc.TakeThisOut@grandecom.net
> > Microsoft Windows MVP
> > (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
> >
> > "douglasgblake" <douglasgblake.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:84140F1A-498B-4070-9875-7984A9147822@microsoft.com...
> > > 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
> > > dblake.TakeThisOut@starbridgesystems.co.uk
> >
>