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When I click on START - DOCUMENTS - MY DOCUMENTS, I get huge list of documents
that aren't sorted the way they are when I just open MY DOCUMENTS.

How do I get this to sort right?
 
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From the menu View|Arrange Icons By

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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| When I click on START - DOCUMENTS - MY DOCUMENTS, I get huge list of
documents
| that aren't sorted the way they are when I just open MY DOCUMENTS.
|
| How do I get this to sort right?
 
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On 4-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> From the menu View|Arrange Icons By

If I open the folder, it is arranged (My Documents for some reason has
autoarrange greyed out).

But when I click on START, move my cursor to DOCUMENTS, and then to MY
DOCUMENTS, this list appears to be in alphabetic order, but when I page down a
hundred documents, I find stuff I just created last week down on the bottom, out
of order.

I don't see any option to View/Arrange Icons here the way I do when I open a
folder.
 
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I don't have a Start|Documents You might try View|Details then click the
column headers to sort as needed.

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"Howard Brazee"wrote:
| If I open the folder, it is arranged (My Documents for some reason has
| autoarrange greyed out).
|
| But when I click on START, move my cursor to DOCUMENTS, and then to MY
| DOCUMENTS, this list appears to be in alphabetic order, but when I page
down a
| hundred documents, I find stuff I just created last week down on the
bottom, out
| of order.
|
| I don't see any option to View/Arrange Icons here the way I do when I open
a
| folder.
 
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On 4-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> Might be you're looking at Recent Documents? These would be in the order of
> last viewed. Some registry settings that control behavior.
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>
> Below are all type REG_DWORD
>
> ClearRecentDocsOnExit=0
> NoRecentDocsMenu=0
> NoRecentDocsHistory=0
> MaxRecentDocs=0xF (decimal 15)
> ClearRecentDocsOnExit=0

I don't have privilege to add these elements, and it's unlikely that tech
support would add it. But looking at the order, it is not in last viewed
order.

I hit START, then put my mouse over DOCUMENTS. A window opens up to the right
with my recent documents on the bottom, and a horizontal line above them, and a
folder for My Documents with an > to the right. I put my cursor over My
Documents, and the explorer lists everything in My Documents. These may be in
Date Created order.

I just did a search on "My Documents", and found a shortcut in C:\Documents and
Settings\brazee\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

I wonder if that's what I'm seeing. It's real convenient - but I want it
sorted.
 
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Yep that sounds like it. I left out some detail. The default is to list the
last 15 (recently opened) in (alphabetical order) You mentioned hundreds of
entries. Sounds like the REG_DWORD
MaxRecentDocs
found at
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

was adjusted up.

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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| I don't have privilege to add these elements, and it's unlikely that tech
| support would add it. But looking at the order, it is not in last
viewed
| order.
|
| I hit START, then put my mouse over DOCUMENTS. A window opens up to the
right
| with my recent documents on the bottom, and a horizontal line above them,
and a
| folder for My Documents with an > to the right. I put my cursor over My
| Documents, and the explorer lists everything in My Documents. These may
be in
| Date Created order.
|
| I just did a search on "My Documents", and found a shortcut in
C:\Documents and
| Settings\brazee\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent
|
| I wonder if that's what I'm seeing. It's real convenient - but I want it
| sorted.
 
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On 5-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> Yep that sounds like it. I left out some detail. The default is to list the
> last 15 (recently opened) in (alphabetical order) You mentioned hundreds of
> entries. Sounds like the REG_DWORD
> MaxRecentDocs
> found at
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>
> was adjusted up.

Nope. My recent files is still at 15. The My Documents folder which I get to
via this has hundreds of documents.

Every once in a while, I go to the *real* recents directory, and purge out most
of the stuff. I didn't realize until now that I have multiple recents
directories, one for Office, and one for everything else.
 
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OK I'm confused. Which were you wanting to sort? The fifteen or the hundreds
or more? The former you can't control. The latter you can View|Details then
click the column headers to sort as needed.

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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| Nope. My recent files is still at 15. The My Documents folder which I
get to
| via this has hundreds of documents.
|
| Every once in a while, I go to the *real* recents directory, and purge out
most
| of the stuff. I didn't realize until now that I have multiple recents
| directories, one for Office, and one for everything else.
 
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On 5-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> OK I'm confused. Which were you wanting to sort? The fifteen or the hundreds
> or more? The former you can't control. The latter you can View|Details then
> click the column headers to sort as needed.

When I click on START, and then move my cursor to DOCUMENTS, a side window pops
up. The top of this side window is a folder pointing to "My Documents".
Under this is a horizontal line and the 15 most recently opened documents. To
the right of "My Documents" is a > pointer. I hold my cursor over "My
Documents", and I have an explorer view of everything in "My Documents".

Except that this view isn't sorted the same way as if I opened explorer and went
down to My Documents. My most recently created documents are at the bottom.
There is no "View/Details" option here.


Doesn't anybody else have this set-up? Oh well, I'm fairly high on the list
for a new computer, and will be on XP then.
 
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No toolbar, no menu?

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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| When I click on START, and then move my cursor to DOCUMENTS, a side window
pops
| up. The top of this side window is a folder pointing to "My Documents".
| Under this is a horizontal line and the 15 most recently opened documents.
To
| the right of "My Documents" is a > pointer. I hold my cursor over "My
| Documents", and I have an explorer view of everything in "My Documents".
|
| Except that this view isn't sorted the same way as if I opened explorer
and went
| down to My Documents. My most recently created documents are at the
bottom.
| There is no "View/Details" option here.
|
|
| Doesn't anybody else have this set-up? Oh well, I'm fairly high on the
list
| for a new computer, and will be on XP then.
 
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On 5-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> No toolbar, no menu?

Nope. It's just like the program menu.

I also have two "Shortcut to My Computer" icons in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

The Shortcut to My Computer (2) opens up this way, but I have no idea where this
is set.


I just discovered. I can move documents by hand here in this "my documents"
menu. Drag it like I do in the program menu.
 
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As an alternative; how about Control Panel|Folder Options|View, then check
the box for "Show My Documents on the Desktop"

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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| Nope. It's just like the program menu.
|
| I also have two "Shortcut to My Computer" icons in
| C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
|
| The Shortcut to My Computer (2) opens up this way, but I have no idea
where this
| is set.
|
|
| I just discovered. I can move documents by hand here in this "my
documents"
| menu. Drag it like I do in the program menu.
 
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On 5-May-2005, "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

> As an alternative; how about Control Panel|Folder Options|View, then check
> the box for "Show My Documents on the Desktop"

I wasn't familiar with that. I've have some folders in my START menu, and I
prefer that. I would prefer not to have *anything* on my desktop, but now that
the Office Bar has gone away (with MS Office 2003), I am using the Desktop
option on the task bar.

I just noticed - one of the options that can be checked off in the task bar
advanced options is "Expand My Documents". I bet this is what I'm looking at
and wish was sorted correctly.
 
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> When I click on START - DOCUMENTS - MY DOCUMENTS, I get huge list of documents
> that aren't sorted the way they are when I just open MY DOCUMENTS.
>
> How do I get this to sort right?



Solved. I need to right click my task bar, select properties, go to the
advanced tab and hit the sort button. I suppose I will have to do it as often
as it takes.

There are a bunch of options here that I don't understand, even after playing
with them.
 
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Yep probably is.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Howard Brazee" wrote:
| I wasn't familiar with that. I've have some folders in my START menu,
and I
| prefer that. I would prefer not to have *anything* on my desktop, but
now that
| the Office Bar has gone away (with MS Office 2003), I am using the Desktop
| option on the task bar.
|
| I just noticed - one of the options that can be checked off in the task
bar
| advanced options is "Expand My Documents". I bet this is what I'm
looking at
| and wish was sorted correctly.
 
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