Guest Sandy Posted May 4, 2008 Posted May 4, 2008 On my old 'puter the sort order for a directory listing such as A:/ ... w/be as such: t619 t6190 t6191 & so on on the new 'puter or PC, I get: t619 t6190 t695 t6950 t6191 ......... with other numbers/file names in between So, it sorts according to the first letter & the second letter (or in this case number), but then it loses the order. I want (as I had before) all the t619 series listed together & in alpha/numeric order. Old system was Windows98 SE, this new system in XP ... not that I think it should make a difference. Ideas? -- Sandy
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted May 4, 2008 Posted May 4, 2008 Re: directory sort order Sandy <Sandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > On my old 'puter the sort order for a directory listing such as A:/ > ... w/be as such: > > t619 > t6190 > t6191 & so on > > on the new 'puter or PC, I get: > > t619 > t6190 > t695 > t6950 > t6191 > > ........ with other numbers/file names in between > > So, it sorts according to the first letter & the second letter (or in > this case number), but then it loses the order. I want (as I had > before) all the t619 series listed together & in alpha/numeric order. > > Old system was Windows98 SE, this new system in XP ... not that I > think it should make a difference. > > Ideas? Hi - this is a group for MS Windows Server issues. I suggest you post in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general for the most help. I also suggest you try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, rather than the pretty clunky web interface to the newsgroups. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way, including finding the correct groups. You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ -------------------------------------
Guest Dave Patrick Posted May 4, 2008 Posted May 4, 2008 Re: directory sort order Here you go. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Sandy" wrote: > On my old 'puter the sort order for a directory listing such as A:/ ... > w/be > as such: > > t619 > t6190 > t6191 & so on > > on the new 'puter or PC, I get: > > t619 > t6190 > t695 > t6950 > t6191 > > ........ with other numbers/file names in between > > So, it sorts according to the first letter & the second letter (or in this > case number), but then it loses the order. I want (as I had before) all > the > t619 series listed together & in alpha/numeric order. > > Old system was Windows98 SE, this new system in XP ... not that I think it > should make a difference. > > Ideas? > -- > Sandy
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