Sort by date modified not working

Hello, I have a major problem with sorting folders

I have a folder hat has like 1000 files in it and am trying to sor
these files as usual by date modified. However they are not sorted b
the actual date, but they are sorted by month

For example; take five files having different date modified informatio
as below

aaa.xls 3/10/200
bbb.xls 3/21/200
ccc.xls 4/3/200
ddd.xls 3/15/200
eee.xls 4/20/200

When you sort these files, the correct sorting in descending orde
should be like

ccc.xl
ddd.xl
aaa.xl
bbb.xl
eee.xl

However, when I sort them right now, they are sorted like

ccc.xl
eee.xl
bbb.xl
ddd.xl
aaa.xl

This is really weird. I have done a lot of search on google, but coul
not find anyone else having the same problem

Is there anything you have to solve this

Thanks in advance

Core

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ktothek

Hi, ktothek.

This is not exactly my forte, but I can make a couple of guesses.

First, have you read KB319827:
The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is
different in Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 than it is
in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/319827

The new system sorts each digit individually, rather than a part of a larger
number, so that "15" comes before "2".

Second, have you reversed the sort order? It appears that your small
example may be correct, using the new rules - except in descending order.

RC
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San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
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"ktothek" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello, I have a major problem with sorting folders.
>
> I have a folder hat has like 1000 files in it and am trying to sort
> these files as usual by date modified. However they are not sorted by
> the actual date, but they are sorted by month.
>
> For example; take five files having different date modified information
> as below:
>
> aaa.xls 3/10/2009
> bbb.xls 3/21/2008
> ccc.xls 4/3/2009
> ddd.xls 3/15/2009
> eee.xls 4/20/2007
>
> When you sort these files, the correct sorting in descending order
> should be like:
>
> ccc.xls
> ddd.xls
> aaa.xls
> bbb.xls
> eee.xls
>
> However, when I sort them right now, they are sorted like:
>
> ccc.xls
> eee.xls
> bbb.xls
> ddd.xls
> aaa.xls
>
> This is really weird. I have done a lot of search on google, but could
> not find anyone else having the same problem.
>
> Is there anything you have to solve this?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Corey
>
>
> --
> ktothek