At 05:49 PM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>As Darren suggested, you can click on the header and rearrange the files
>into alphabetical order.  When you exit the explorer, it *should* remember
>your settings.   But as your initial message says, you have already done
>that several times.
>
>The settings for the explorer are in the system registry.  I looked at the
>explorer section, and have a few ideas, but I found nothing clearly
>labeled "Sort by".  If the changes are not "sticking", try using the
>Registry Cleaner before you open the explorer.  If you want to experiment

I tried comparing my registry with another machine that worked OK and could
not find anything obvious so I gave up.  However, this morning, I
remembered something about changing these options that I had heard
somewhere a while ago, tried that and it fixed the problem.  The key was
that before changing the sorting back to by-name, I had to be in the root
directory of my C drive.  Changing the sort options in any other directory
would not make them stick but changing them in the root directory fixed the
problem.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Darren Page <[log in to unmask]>
>
>>Click on the grey part of the title bar where it says "Name". If you
>click
>>again in the same spot, it will reverse the order in which explorer lists
>>the files (i.e. from z to a)
>>
>>> It........ now
>>> sorts files by type instead and cannot get it to go permanently back to
>>> name mode again.
>>>
>>> I open Windows Explorer and all the files are sorted by type.  I change
>it
>>> to sort by name again.  I close Windows Explorer.  I open Windows
>Explorer
>>> and all the files are sorted by type again.

                Curious about the people moderating your
                   messages? Visit our staff web site:
                     http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html