re: How do I turn off "auto arrange" in Windows 7? Monday, July 20, 2009 at 11:17 pm Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ru5ty (1 messages posted) This might work for you, but its not exactly the same. Right click somewhere in the folder select sort by then click on more. Check "Date accessed" and click ok. Select Date accessed in the sort by menu and click on assending. It will kind of work for you if you like having the files you extract at the end of the list. If you extract a folder it will show up at the bottom of all the folders. Hope this helps! On Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 7:21 am, aut0arrange wrote: >This is possible on XP. This is also possible on the Windows 7 desktop. > >This is NOT possible, as far as I know, on Windows 7 folders: there is no auto-arrange >option when I go to "View" or right click on the folder. Icons get auto arranged >whether you want it or not. > >My problem is not so much with not being able to arrange folders in some arbitrary >order of my choosing. That's somewhat unimportant. My problem is not being able to >temporarily place icons anywhere I want on the folder while I am working. > >It appears there is no official fix to this. Are there any hacks or should I go back >to Windows XP? (That's how annoyed I am) Written in response to: How do I turn off "auto arrange" in Windows 7? (aut0arrange: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 7:21 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How do I turn off "auto arrange" in Windows 7? (aut0arrange: Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 7:21 am) re: How do I turn off "auto arrange" in Windows 7? (Ru5ty: Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 11:17 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 7 Discussion Forum