Files being automatically rearranged

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kain1384 · #1 Post by **kain1384** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:25 am

Lately, it seems that every time I restart my computer, all the files in every single folder are automatically rearranged by size, how do I stop it from doing this?

I'm not sure if this is related to it, but I like to view every folder as a web page, and for a while I've had problems where sometimes when I restart my computer every folder is suddenly changed back. Does anyone know what's causing this?

phelix · #2 Post by **phelix** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:09 pm

What operating system?

kain1384 · #3 Post by **kain1384** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:29 pm

Windows 98

kain1384 · #4 Post by **kain1384** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:17 am

I'm having this exact problem again, it seemed to go away somehow the last time, but it's doing it again. Does anyone have any idea why my computer keeps rearranging files by itself, it's really annoying and I'd appreciate any help.

egibbs · #5 Post by **egibbs** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:07 am

It's not actually rearranging the foles on disk, just the view of them it presents. You should be able to sort them anyway you like by clicking on the column headings in explorer. Click once and it will sort that column ascending, click again and it will sort descending.

As to why it's decided to make the default sort order by size, go into tools:file and folder options (or the equivalent in Win98) and see what the setting is. Or sort them the way you want and select to apply that setting to all files and folders.

Ed Gibbs

kain1384 · #6 Post by **kain1384** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:08 am

What are the column headings? Do you mean the Views button?

As to why it's decided to make the default sort order by size, go into tools:file and folder options (or the equivalent in Win98) and see what the setting is.

Would that be View>Folder Options? I've checked there, but I can't seem to find anything relating to the problem.

Or sort them the way you want and select to apply that setting to all files and folders.

I've tried arranging files in folders by name then choosing the 'Like Current Folder' option in the view toolbar, but that doesn't seem to work.

Website · #7 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:10 pm

I moved this to the Windows Conference, so that hopefully you will get more responses...

kain1384 · #8 Post by **kain1384** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:14 pm

Thanks.

Melvyn · #9 Post by **Melvyn** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:32 pm

I don't remember very much about w98.

Right click on desktop or viewing a folder go to submenu arrange icons and uncheck "auto arrange"
Order it at your own pleasure, then
Go to Tools -> Options -> apply to all folders.

It's more or less so. I'm not pretty sure. It's that way in XP

kain1384 · #10 Post by **kain1384** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:09 pm

Auto arrange was already unchecked, I can't seem to find any difference between when it's checked or unchecked, what's auto arrange do?

Actually, I haven't really been having any problems with the files being rearranged on my desktop, just when they're being viewed in windows, or when I'm trying to open a file in Internet Explorer or Firefox.

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