Windows Explorer Number display in file names

[Guest PaulBearHull]

I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.

I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have

numbers in them. i.e. from file1.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.pg; file2.jpg;

file20.jpg; etc. to file1.jpg; file2.jpg; file3.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.jpg

etc.

I remember finding an instruction on changing a value in regedit to

accomplish this, but it was quite a few years back and I canot remember what

it was.

Any help would be appreciated, regards

[Guest Jeff Johnson]

Re: Windows Explorer Number display in file names

 

"PaulBearHull" <PaulBearHull@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BD60DB48-4BDF-4616-8146-EEB12C3973BB@microsoft.com...

>I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.

> I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have

> numbers in them. i.e. from file1.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.pg; file2.jpg;

> file20.jpg; etc. to file1.jpg; file2.jpg; file3.jpg; file10.jpg;

> file11.jpg

> etc.

> I remember finding an instruction on changing a value in regedit to

> accomplish this, but it was quite a few years back and I canot remember

> what

> it was.

> Any help would be appreciated, regards

 

If you're saying you want Windows to sort anything that looks like a number

by its numeric value and not on a character-by-character basis, XP should be

doing this by default. However, if it isn't, you can go to

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, line 107. The tweak as is

will cause Explorer to sort files like this:

 

10

100

11111

200000

22

 

instead of like this:

 

2

10

22

100

11111

200000

 

It sounds like you want the second option (which personally I can't stand,

but oh well), so open the .reg file you get from the site in a text editor

and change the dword value to 0 instead of 1.

[Guest Big Al]

Re: Windows Explorer Number display in file names

 

PaulBearHull wrote:

> I now that this is an old one but I cannot find the work around anywhere.

> I want to change the way that Windows Explorer lists file names that have

> numbers in them. i.e. from file1.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.pg; file2.jpg;

> file20.jpg; etc. to file1.jpg; file2.jpg; file3.jpg; file10.jpg; file11.jpg

> etc.

> I remember finding an instruction on changing a value in regedit to

> accomplish this, but it was quite a few years back and I canot remember what

> it was.

> Any help would be appreciated, regards

 

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827