[WINXP] File arrangement

[ANTH101]

Hi, just wondering if there is a way to arrange files according to the name while ignoring the length of the file name?
E.G.
I have 3 files:
13.a, 1415.a, 16.a
I would like Windows to arrange them like this:
13.a
1415.a
16.a
However, Windows would arrange them like this:
13.a
16.a
1415.a
Any ideas?

[Catweazle]

Nope. Make the filenames same length.

1300.a
1415.a
1600.a

..would work. Padding with zeros is what you need to do!

[ANTH101]

Thanks for the suggestion but that would be too time consuming. Anyone else?

[MR CHILLED]

Cat's suggestion is good and valid for what you have posted.......you haven't mentioned how many files you need sorted like this? That's going to be vital in helping you.

[Catweazle]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Policies\Explorer

Create a new DWORD called NoStrCmpLogical

Value of 1 gives the sort order you want (same as it was in Windows 2000). Value of 0 gives the sort order XP style, where larger numerical values come later in the sort order.


Edit:

By the way. If you want to make the change for just one user account rather than for all users of the machine, make that registry edit instead to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntversion\Policies\Explorer

[FLB]

For those interested this is the MS KB that mentions the above changes to the registry.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319827

[ANTH101]

thanks Catweazle, works like a charm