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Using Windows XP Pro, with SP2.
I have my folder view set to "Details", with the files be set to be shown
in alphabetical order by filename, ascending. I have that set for all
folders. It works, when I open a folder in Windows Explorer.
However, when I am in another program, and I make a selection such as
"Open", where I have to select a file or files, and an explorer dialogue box
opens up showing a folder to select the files from, or navigate with to a
different folder, it does not show the files in my default setting. In fact,
they are never in my default setting, the file order is always mixed up, I
do not know on what basis, and if it is a large folder with many files, it
is difficult to find the file I wish to open. So--while looking at that
dialogue box I set it to how I want it--I choose "Details" from the menu
with which one can choose that, and then click on the "Name" column to sort
the files alphabetically. That works. However-----next time I open that
folder or any other, even a minute later from the same program, my setting
for viewing the folder in the dialogue box is not remembered, again I see
the files all mixed up, and I once again have to set it manually.
What can I do to get such "Open" dialog boxes to always open with the
setting I have for folder view options in Windows Explorer, or at least
remember the last setting?
Using Windows XP Pro, with SP2.
I have my folder view set to "Details", with the files be set to be shown
in alphabetical order by filename, ascending. I have that set for all
folders. It works, when I open a folder in Windows Explorer.
However, when I am in another program, and I make a selection such as
"Open", where I have to select a file or files, and an explorer dialogue box
opens up showing a folder to select the files from, or navigate with to a
different folder, it does not show the files in my default setting. In fact,
they are never in my default setting, the file order is always mixed up, I
do not know on what basis, and if it is a large folder with many files, it
is difficult to find the file I wish to open. So--while looking at that
dialogue box I set it to how I want it--I choose "Details" from the menu
with which one can choose that, and then click on the "Name" column to sort
the files alphabetically. That works. However-----next time I open that
folder or any other, even a minute later from the same program, my setting
for viewing the folder in the dialogue box is not remembered, again I see
the files all mixed up, and I once again have to set it manually.
What can I do to get such "Open" dialog boxes to always open with the
setting I have for folder view options in Windows Explorer, or at least
remember the last setting?