file sorting order not preserved

I am running XP MCE with all the latest updates. Lately I have noticed a
weird behavior.
I have my files sorted in Windows Explorer by name and with Auto-arrange
checked. Works fine. But, in several other applications (not just one)
when I open the "Open files" thing, the files are arranged in last
modified order and I need to right click to re-arrange them in name sort
order. Even after that, if I open a sub folder its files are in last
modified order. This did not seem to have always been the case in the
past. I do not understand why the change seems to have occurred. At
first I thought it was because the files were not in sorted correctly in
the Windows Explorer folders, but that does not seem to be the case.

Weird. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Jeff

Jeff wrote:
> I am running XP MCE with all the latest updates. Lately I have noticed a
> weird behavior.
> I have my files sorted in Windows Explorer by name and with Auto-arrange
> checked. Works fine. But, in several other applications (not just one)
> when I open the "Open files" thing, the files are arranged in last
> modified order and I need to right click to re-arrange them in name sort
> order. Even after that, if I open a sub folder its files are in last
> modified order. This did not seem to have always been the case in the
> past. I do not understand why the change seems to have occurred. At
> first I thought it was because the files were not in sorted correctly in
> the Windows Explorer folders, but that does not seem to be the case.
>
> Weird. Any suggestions?

Restore Sort order in Open and Save dialogs
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...nsaveorder.htm

--
Joe =o)

Elmo wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>> I am running XP MCE with all the latest updates. Lately I have
>> noticed a weird behavior.
>> I have my files sorted in Windows Explorer by name and with
>> Auto-arrange checked. Works fine. But, in several other
>> applications (not just one) when I open the "Open files" thing, the
>> files are arranged in last modified order and I need to right click
>> to re-arrange them in name sort order. Even after that, if I open a
>> sub folder its files are in last modified order. This did not seem
>> to have always been the case in the past. I do not understand why
>> the change seems to have occurred. At first I thought it was
>> because the files were not in sorted correctly in the Windows
>> Explorer folders, but that does not seem to be the case. Weird. Any
>> suggestions?
>
> Restore Sort order in Open and Save dialogs
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...nsaveorder.htm

Aha! So I was not alone or crazy. Thanks.

Jeff