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Geoff Stone
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      07-06-2007
This may same real lame but I cannot find a way to sort and order files and
subfolders by name, date etc.

How do you do this in Vista?

TIA

Geoff

 
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Ken Blake, MVP
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      07-06-2007
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:57:39 -0700, "Geoff Stone" <>
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> This may same real lame but I cannot find a way to sort and order files and
> subfolders by name, date etc.
>
> How do you do this in Vista?



Same as in other versions of Windows: click on the column heading you
want to sort by. Click it again to reverse the sort, ascending to
descending, or vice versa.

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Dave
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      07-06-2007
To sort, just click on the column headers, like in XP.

If you don't see the columns that you want, say Name, Size, Date, etc.
maybe the folder template needs to be changed. There are templates for
documents, picture & videos, music, etc.
Right-click on a blank area of the windows below Name, and select "Customize
this folder", and select which template you want.
You can also right-click on the Name heading, and select whichever columns
you wish to see.

Then you can sort by clicking on whichever header you want.



"Geoff Stone" <> wrote in message
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> This may same real lame but I cannot find a way to sort and order files
> and subfolders by name, date etc.
>
> How do you do this in Vista?
>
> TIA
>
> Geoff


 
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Val
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      07-06-2007
right click on an open area in the folder, select Sort By.

Just the same as in Win 3, 95, 98, ME, 2K, XP....


"Geoff Stone" <> wrote in message
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> This may same real lame but I cannot find a way to sort and order files
> and subfolders by name, date etc.
>
> How do you do this in Vista?
>
> TIA
>
> Geoff



 
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huwyngr
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      07-07-2007
For me a big improvement in VISTA is that you can sort by a column
heading without having to set the display to Details.

For example, you can sort by Date Modified while in the List mode.

 
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