Windows Sort Order

Friday, January 27, 2012

Came across a very strange problem recently….. all files in any Windows Explorer or Open/Save dialog were sorted by reverse order. I could go back in to Explorer, get up the “Details” view and then resort it. However it would default back to reverse order. Very strange and frustrating!!!

A quick Google brought up this article. In short, if you hold Ctrl and click the close window “X” it remembers the last sort order…. permanently. So the solution is to re-sort (as you want it) and then Ctrl-”X”.

Simple solution to a very frustrating problem!