Directory File sort order under XP

[JeffRollason]

Under XP the character sort order has changed from Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000. Previously this had the order 0,1,..,9,A,B,C... This is now reversed so that A,B,C comes before 0,1,2..

I assume this is EBCDIC rather than ASCII ??

Anyway it drives me round the bend as I have an archive system based on hexadecimal version numbers, so files are now listed in the wrong order, if sort by name.

To solve this I currently have an extra Win2000 PC on the side, which I use to view directories on my XP machine.

Please tell me that there is a configuration option somewhere to make XP behave like Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000 for directory sorting!

help much appreciated

[Ponch]

Under XP the character sort order has changed from Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000. Previously this had the order 0,1,..,9,A,B,C... This is now reversed so that A,B,C comes before 0,1,2..

I don't have that here so it must be a setting.

...I might get back to you in a few minutes when I find something.

[JeffRollason]

That sounds intertesting! I have since turned off all EBCDIC fonts, under regional settings, but that did not help