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Update- found other programs react this same way by sorting the files first from the left then through to the right. I thought this was new in xp, and saw differently in w2k, but maybe not. Anyway, it does sort things like below and excel and another app looks at things the same way. 010104.mp3 010205.mp3 010404.mp3 010503.mp3 010602.mp3 010701.mp3 -cheers. jdc

Found it. Not for what I was into, but that switch in xp powertoys. Explorer.. Settings (top of explorer tree), -intuitive filename sorting. That one does the 10 before 5. For the orig prob, I went ahead and renamed all the files by year first, change of habit isn't too bad, and done deal forever. Thanks for all the replies. jdc

Yep, that's one solution. In things too it will also do below- 010105.mp3 010104.mp3 010103.mp3 010205.mp3 010204.mp3 010203.mp3 010603.mp3 012505.mp3 It'll sort by first four characters, then by the year. But in all things, w9x, w2k, w3.1, did things the 'tradional way' so, xp changed, is a reg key somewhere and maybe not ever found. If tweak ever found, I'll post, thnx for the replies. jdc

Zac, we're talking the exact thing. Ok, and when you sort by 'name', the files used to sort 0-9, then A-Z. This still happens except- 010105.mp3 (January 1st, 2005) 010205.mp3 010305.mp3 010405.mp3 010505.mp3 052804.mp3 052904.mp3 060104.mp3 072404.mp3 091504.mp3 etc. So, xp now puts 2005 at top and 2004 at bottom. -the reverse of listing the oldest named files by 'name' first. A-Z still works like regular, but not with numbered file names. If you 're-sort' (click again) by name, and have it flip top to bottom, it will then put the block of 2005 lowest to highest on the bottom, and the 2004 highest to lowest on top. It's quite an entertaining 'feature.' I'd love to change this behavior w/a reg tweak if one exists. thanks, jdc

Hi, I have directories filled with files that lead with a 'date'. ie- 010105, January 1, 2005 and this format covers years 2000-2005 for instance. Problem with XP now is, before in w2k or w9x, in 'details' view and then sorted by name, oldest files would be displayed at the 'top' of the list, and scroll down to see then the most recent, all 0-9 and in that order. Now xp puts the 'newer' list 0-9 first, and the older below. I know others have seen this and I'm looking for the reg tweaks that put xp explorer back to 'normal'. -thanks, jdc