files and folders in reverse order

For some reason when I browse my harddrive, when I am
finding a program to run, finding a file to open, or
finding a location to save something, instead of the
folders coming first in alphabetical order, followed by
files, I get files first in reverse alphabetical order
followed by folders in reverse alphabetical order. I
don't think I did anything to bring this about. I
normally browse in list view, but even if I change to
detail view so that I can click on the column title to
reverse the order it only reverses it temporarily because
if I open another folder, or the next time I browse, it
goes back to reverse order.

This is only when the browsing window comes up, not when I
use "My Computer" to look through my harddrive.

Click the header bar above the file/folder names to reverse their order.
Then try Explorer | Tools | Folder Options and click the button "Apply to
All Folders", with luck this should then "stick".
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



dan wrote:

For some reason when I browse my harddrive, when I am
finding a program to run, finding a file to open, or
finding a location to save something, instead of the
folders coming first in alphabetical order, followed by
files, I get files first in reverse alphabetical order
followed by folders in reverse alphabetical order. I
don't think I did anything to bring this about. I
normally browse in list view, but even if I change to
detail view so that I can click on the column title to
reverse the order it only reverses it temporarily because
if I open another folder, or the next time I browse, it
goes back to reverse order.

This is only when the browsing window comes up, not when I
use "My Computer" to look through my harddrive.

I'm afraid you have misunderstood me. When I browse the
contents of my harddrive with the explorer browser
everything is normal. It is only when I am using
the "browse" window, such as when I click the start
button, click 'run', then click 'browse'. Or when I am
choosing a directory to save something off the internet
to. Or when I am using a program and go to look for a
file to open. It is only in the "browse" window that this
problem occurs. Incidentally, I went to do as you
suggested, but there is no "apply to all folders" button,
only and "apply" button, which wasn't even active. Not
that that would have mattered anyways because the problem
is not in explorer. Thanks for trying to help me though.


-----Original Message-----
Click the header bar above the file/folder names to
reverse their order.
Then try Explorer | Tools | Folder Options and click the
button "Apply to
All Folders", with luck this should then "stick".
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



dan wrote:

For some reason when I browse my harddrive, when I am
finding a program to run, finding a file to open, or
finding a location to save something, instead of the
folders coming first in alphabetical order, followed by
files, I get files first in reverse alphabetical order
followed by folders in reverse alphabetical order. I
don't think I did anything to bring this about. I
normally browse in list view, but even if I change to
detail view so that I can click on the column title to
reverse the order it only reverses it temporarily
because
if I open another folder, or the next time I browse, it
goes back to reverse order.

This is only when the browsing window comes up, not
when I
use "My Computer" to look through my harddrive.

.