In addition to Ron's suggestion, have a look here afterward:

Items in "Open" and "Save As" Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=229070

Contents of the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=233526

Items in Dialog Boxes Sorted Incorrectly
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/786/
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"Rouke" wrote in message
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Whenever I open a file open dialogue, it presents me with the filenames and
icons. I like to see the details, and select this most of the time, but each
time the dialogue opens, the view is reset to display icons and names only.
Is this a Windows property or have all application developers programmed
their file open dialogues to the same default? Is there a way to get all of
these to open with their view set to display the details?

Any help would be much appreciated.