Windows Explorer drag and drop bug? files inserted in reve..

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"Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>I tried to embed multiple image files into a Thunderbird email by drag and
>drop. The
>pics were numbered "dsc00001.jpg" through "dsc00007.jpg". (You can't do
>this with OE or Eudora ... they allow you to embed only one image file at a
>time.)
>
>Problem: no matter what I did, no matter what I tried, the files were always
>inserted into Thunderbird mail in REVERSE ORDER ... e.g. dsc00007 through
>dsc00001.
>
>Is this a Windows bug, if so, how can I work around?
>
>(May be a Thunderbird bug ... haven't found another email client I can try
>this with.)
>
>
When you select the files, make sure that the order you select them is
the REVERSE of the order you want them copied. If you select a range,
select from the LAST to the FIRST. If you're simply selecting several
and want them in a particular order, select the last to the first
while holding the Ctrl key. Although not "intuitively obvious" as a
GUI for humans who almost invariably select a range by choosing the
first to the last, this is by design and the way that Windows Explorer
works.