Windows 7 Windows Explorer - how to disable automatic sorting upon making changes

ulillillia

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When I rename a file, copy a file, etc. Windows Explorer, after making any change, will automatically resort (reorganize) the files causing me to lose my place every time I rename a file so I have to waste time finding where I was at. I found this site that helped get rid of the full row select part which brought about the auto arrange option, but it's grayed out for me. How do stop the automatic reorganizing of files when I rename something? I only expect the folder contents to automatically get sorted when I either revisit that folder after visiting a different one or I simply press F5 like it was in Windows XP.

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/disable-full-row-select-explorer-windows-7/

Edit: By the way - I only ever use the "details" view and I never use the "libraries". 99.9% of my browsing is in either "C:\My Documents\" or "E:\".