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Question about 'Why don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?'
Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 8:49 pm
Posted by Jeff Medlar (1 messages posted)

I have a question about Why don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?:

I would like to set my icons in all my windows explorer folders to sort by name. I would then like to make this the default for all folders unless otherwise individually indicated. The feature windows 98 se says will do this does not do this. Any suggestions? I believe by default, they are currently set to sort by file type.

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re: Question about 'Why don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?'
Monday, June 23, 2003 at 2:51 am
Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted)

This procedure usually corrects the sorting problem Jeff. There's also a link below regarding folder views.
Open Windows Explorer and then click the C: drive in the left pane. Next click 'View' from the Toolbar and then click 'Details' in the menu. Next in the right pane, click the 'Name' tab at the top of the name listings. This will arrange the list by 'Name'. Try this several times to be sure the order listing reverses. When you have the order list set A-Z, hold the 'CTRL' key and click the 'X' in the upper right corner of Explorer to close it. Now release the 'CTRL' key and reboot your system. Be very sure to hold the 'CTRL' key down until explorer has closed!
Cannot Apply Folder Customization Globally JmC

On Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 8:49 pm, Jeff Medlar wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?:

>
>I would like to set my icons in all my windows explorer folders to sort by name.
>I would then like to make this the default for all folders unless otherwise individually
>indicated. The feature windows 98 se says will do this does not do this. Any suggestions?
>I believe by default, they are currently set to sort by file type.
>

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sorting folders in the left pane of windows explorer
Monday, August 2, 2004 at 5:49 pm
Posted by david (1 messages posted)

I want to be able to sort the folders in the *left pane* of the windows explorer (or at least the sub-folders) by date modified. Is that possible?

On Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 8:49 pm, Jeff Medlar wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>don't folders remember their position, sort order, or icon size?:

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