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   Barry Gold to All   
   Icon order in "Save As" dialog   
   17 Dec 12 16:09:10   
   
   From: BarryDGold@ca.rr.com   
      
   In the "save As" dialog (and also the "Open File" dialog), you are   
   presented with a bunch of icons in (I think) List View, which you can   
   use to navigate to the folder you want and then select a file (or type   
   in a new file name once you've reached the desired folder).   
      
   My copy of WinXP has gotten itself into a state where the icons are   
   listed in Reverse order by Date Modified. This means that all the   
   folders are at the end, and makes it hard to navigate to a particular   
   folder (especially since they aren't in alphabetical order).   
      
   I can correct this by right-clicking and choosing "Order icons by --   
   Name", but I have to do this at every stage as I navigate the folder   
   tree, and the Windows shell doesn't remember that ordering.   
      
   Is there some way to tell Windows XP to go back to the standard order   
   (by Name, from 0-9 then a-z) -- and have it remembered for the future?   
      
   When I use the "Windows Explore" version to navigate, it remembers the   
   ordering I establish in each folder, but not in the "Save As" and "Open   
   File" dialogs.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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