- Re: File sort order reversed or wrong in File Open or File Save dialog box
- Posted by n2irock on November 20th, 2007
I had the same little roach in my lappy for some odd reason...It was
fine till a few weeks ago and then....well I guess I most have done
something.... It took me long enough to find a fix for it; it was
driving me crazy!!
Thx
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n2irock
- Posted by Black-Depths on December 10th, 2007
Hey, thanks for the fix! I managed to contract it also, I have no idea
how and it took me a while to find this page, but I was glad when I did!
I was already getting really irritated by it.
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Black-Depths
- Posted by iploya on July 1st, 2008
I have this same issue and it is driving me nuts. No solutions I have
found online work for me. I tried the above several times, including
with Restart. I found the issue posted a few other places online too
-- I even found the xp_shellstate.exe that is supposed to restore the
original sort order, but NOTHING works.
The problem occurs in both Internet Explorer (IE7) and Firefox.
Problem: When I am in the browser, I click Save-As, and it pulls up the
directory in order by date. The result is the files are scrambled
alphabetically. I have tried many times to restore the sort order to
alphabetical by default, but nothing works. I routinely need to open
files in this manner, as the work I do involves filing documents
electronically, where I have to access files on the server while I am
in my web browser.
I never have the problem in File Explorer or My Computer -- only when
using a web browser.
Are there any other solutions??
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iploya
- Posted by iploya on July 1st, 2008
I mentioned the issue to another person in my office, and he mentioned
another issue where some of his folders had been coming up as icons and
others as list when viewed in My Documents. So we went to his computer,
My Documents, and went to the root directory of the server. Then Tools,
Folder Options, sorted by details, then clicked *Apply to All Folders*.
Then, I went to the computer in my office and did the same. I don't
know if it was doing those steps on his computer (if it is the dominant
computer or something??) OR if it was from doing it on mine, but the
result is now when I Open or SaveAs in my web browser, they come up
alphabetically again. Finally!!
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iploya
