Windows Explorer Weirdness

Zie bijvoorbeeld: http://www.cc-tips.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=37

Finally, I ran across a tip that contained the solution. As it turns out, you can force Windows to remember the file listing settings. I apparently did this accidentally at some point. Here’s what you do: go into Windows Explorer and open a folder such as My Documents. Now choose View|Details. Along the top of the file listing area, you see Name, Type, Size, Modified. If you click any one of these, it will change how your files are sorted in the list. For example, you click Modified to sort your files by the date they were modified.

Now...here’s the part that made Windows save this sorting information everywhere. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the X in the upper right-hand corner of the Window to close it. Now whenever you run a Windows application that uses the File Open, Save, or Save As dialog boxes, the files are listed in Date Modified order rather than Alphabetically.

It’s sort of astonishing to me that I could have experienced so much aggravation just because I held down the Ctrl key at an inopportune time, but there it is. The mystery of computers just never ends.

Zie ook deze site: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-043

Force Windows to Remember Window Positions

Intended For Windows 95 only

When you close a folder window, it is natural to assume that its size, position, and sort order will be the same the next time the folder is opened. This is not always the case. Sometimes folder settings are saved, only to be forgotten in a couple of days. The rules governing this behavior are not exactly clear, nor consistent. Here's what's supposed to work:

• Hold the Ctrl key when closing a folder window.

• If you've taken steps to Get Rid of the Unwanted Explorer Windows at Startup, that may be what's causing the problem.