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Title: Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: Tiger-Heli on April 16, 2004, 11:17:54 am

This has been bugging me for a long time and hopefully someone on here knows.

When I open a window in File Explorer (Save in folder, unzip to folder, etc.), or select a file to open, the folders/files are always in reverse alphabetical order, i.e. Z-A.

I'm sure I messed up some setting somewhere, but don't know how to fix it.

Does anyone here know what to do?

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: SirPeale on April 16, 2004, 11:46:40 am

Easy.  Click the 'Name' tab and it will sort accordingly.  Click it again and it does it in reverse order.

Also works for the other tabs.  I always sort by 'File Type' myself.

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: Tiger-Heli on April 16, 2004, 12:25:09 pm

Quote from: Peale on April 16, 2004, 11:46:40 am

Easy.  Click the 'Name' tab and it will sort accordingly.  Click it again and it does it in reverse order.

Also works for the other tabs.  I always sort by 'File Type' myself.

Okay, that works in the File Explorer window itself.  My problem is if I initially open a folder, or more importantly, if I am browsing for a file, saving to a different location, the window with the file names is in inverse order, and there is no sort tab.

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: Howard_Casto on April 16, 2004, 06:34:20 pm

It's not just a 98 issue... I have the exact same problem in xp...

I almost know it's some tweaking program I used to use that's at fault.  

Unfortunately I've tried so many, I don't have a clue which one broke it.  If anyone figues this out please post your info.  

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: wboy on April 17, 2004, 04:52:59 am

See if any of these links have any info to help resolve your problem:

http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/FixWin/MiscProb/incorrec.htm (http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/FixWin/MiscProb/incorrec.htm)

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-434 (http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-434)

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t1056979512 (http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t1056979512)

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: :UK:Nyrkl on April 17, 2004, 06:11:27 am

Been a long time since I used Win98, but does the following work :

Open a file explorer window
Set the ordering how you like (click Name)

Open the Tools menu
Open the Folder Options selection
Open the View tab
Click the 'Apply to All Folders' button

That should sort it out...

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: Howard_Casto on April 17, 2004, 05:57:47 pm

Strangly enough, applying a setting to all folders didn't work but resetting all folder settings did?


Thanks guys.

Title: Re:Win98SE Folder Order Question!
Post by: Tiger-Heli on April 19, 2004, 07:31:21 am

The Control - X out trick worked for me.

Thanks Wonderboy!

Amazing to me that something that annoyed me for 8 months or more was fixed in less than a day on these forums, and it wasn't even arcade controls related!!!!