List of files by date view backwards

[me@tadyatam.invalid]

anonymous@anonymous.com wrote in

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> In Win2000, when I'm in Explorer and go to VIEW and ARRANGE

> ICONS, and choose to arrange them by DATE, the OLDEST date

> is First, the newest is last. If I arrange by NAME, the

> "Z" names are at the top, and the "A" names are at the end.

>

>

> WTF?

>

> Is this another intentional MS modification to frustrate

> the user? I have Win98 (dual boot) on the same computer as

> well as a few other computers. It's always sorted with the

> newest or first letter of the alphabet FIRST. I have

> Win2000 on this computer and a laptop, and Win2K does it

> backward on both of them. The newest file or the "A" file

> should be FIRST. This only makes sense. Every other

> windows version I have ever used does it with the newest

> date or first alphabetical letter first. MS must have been

> on drugs when they created this backward pipedream. (this

> is nothing I changed either).

>

> Is there any way to fix this?

>

> Thanks

>



Did you try to click on "Modified" at the top of the date

column? (Look at the triangle next to "Modified, click, look

at the triangle, click, ...)



J

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[anonymous@anonymous.com]

In Win2000, when I'm in Explorer and go to VIEW and ARRANGE ICONS, and

choose to arrange them by DATE, the OLDEST date is First, the newest

is last. If I arrange by NAME, the "Z" names are at the top, and the

"A" names are at the end.



WTF?



Is this another intentional MS modification to frustrate the user?

I have Win98 (dual boot) on the same computer as well as a few other

computers. It's always sorted with the newest or first letter of the

alphabet FIRST. I have Win2000 on this computer and a laptop, and

Win2K does it backward on both of them. The newest file or the "A"

file should be FIRST. This only makes sense. Every other windows

version I have ever used does it with the newest date or first

alphabetical letter first. MS must have been on drugs when they

created this backward pipedream. (this is nothing I changed either).



Is there any way to fix this?



Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

Click the column header again.





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wrote:

> In Win2000, when I'm in Explorer and go to VIEW and ARRANGE ICONS, and

> choose to arrange them by DATE, the OLDEST date is First, the newest

> is last. If I arrange by NAME, the "Z" names are at the top, and the

> "A" names are at the end.

>

> WTF?

>

> Is this another intentional MS modification to frustrate the user?

> I have Win98 (dual boot) on the same computer as well as a few other

> computers. It's always sorted with the newest or first letter of the

> alphabet FIRST. I have Win2000 on this computer and a laptop, and

> Win2K does it backward on both of them. The newest file or the "A"

> file should be FIRST. This only makes sense. Every other windows

> version I have ever used does it with the newest date or first

> alphabetical letter first. MS must have been on drugs when they

> created this backward pipedream. (this is nothing I changed either).

>

> Is there any way to fix this?

>

> Thanks

>

 

[James Watkins]

wrote in message

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> In Win2000, when I'm in Explorer and go to VIEW and ARRANGE ICONS, and

> choose to arrange them by DATE, the OLDEST date is First, the newest

> is last. If I arrange by NAME, the "Z" names are at the top, and the

> "A" names are at the end.

>

> WTF?

>

> Is this another intentional MS modification to frustrate the user?

> I have Win98 (dual boot) on the same computer as well as a few other

> computers. It's always sorted with the newest or first letter of the

> alphabet FIRST. I have Win2000 on this computer and a laptop, and

> Win2K does it backward on both of them. The newest file or the "A"

> file should be FIRST. This only makes sense. Every other windows

> version I have ever used does it with the newest date or first

> alphabetical letter first. MS must have been on drugs when they

> created this backward pipedream. (this is nothing I changed either).

>

> Is there any way to fix this?

>

> Thanks



This is an intriguing post. Sorting by columns has been around ever since

Windows 95, not only in Explorer but also in applications such as Outlook,

Outlook Express and others. In spite of his long exposure to Windows, the OP

has failed to picked up this useful technique. Now we all have our blind

spots but instead of just asking how to do it, he basically suggests that

the MS boys are a bunch of incompetent idiots on a permanent drug trip.Not a

nice person to deal with. Next time do your homework first and shoot later.