Re: Bug: Media Player Drag and Drop items out of order

From: Kai Voripteth (voripteth_at_bigmailbox.net)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: 22 Sep 2004 08:38:39 -0700

I don't know what more you want from my example but I'll clearly list
my exact steps so you can reproduce it as a real world example. I
have three MPG files: "File1.MPG", "File2.MPG" and "File3.MPG"
* Open File explorer to the directory containing those three files.
Sort by Name.
* Open Windows Media Player. Clear the play list.
* Select the three files above in File Explorer as a multiple
selection.
* Note the order of these files: File1.mpg, File2.mpg, File3.mpg
* Drag the three selected files into the Media player play list as a
single drag operation.
* Note the order of the files in the play list: File2.mpg, File3.mpg,
File1.mpg

As an additional exercise I sorted by name, cleared the list and then
added the three files again with the exact same results. I also tried
this using MP3 files with the exact same results.

Are my instructions clear enough for you to duplicate the bug?

"Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam]mvps.org> wrote in message news:<O2LY$m2nEHA.3224@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> You *still* haven't given me a real example with real file names or
> indicated the sort order of your drag destination. Making comparisons to
> other programs in this case is apples vs oranges when the context is still
> *far* from clear.
>
> "Kai Voripteth" <voripteth@bigmailbox.net> wrote in message
> news:22c9b59e.0409201215.fffc734@posting.google.com...
> > I've tried a few more tests and made some interesting discoveries. I
> > used another media player to see how it handles the drag & drop
> > functionality.
> > I happened to have Zoom Player available and discovered that it always
> > added files in exactly the same order as what I dragged. Good for me
> > that I found a product that works. Bad for Microsoft that their
> > product has a bug that causes me to stop using their tool.
> >
> > I'm convinced that this is a bug in Media Player and not in Windows
> > itself. I don't know how I can drag files from explorer without them
> > being in some sort order so I tried the next best thing. I sorted by
> > name and then told Media Player to sort by name. I then dragged 3
> > files as one selection into Media Player:
> > File1
> > File2
> > File3
> > and what do you think I got? Exactly what I've been reporting:
> > File2
> > File3
> > File1
> > It isn't in Name order as requested nor is it in the order that I
> > dragged.
> >
> > I switched from video files to MP3 files to see if that made any
> > difference. It didn't. On my system the problem is 100%
> > reproducable.
> >
> > I encourage you to duplicate my test and post your results here. Do
> > you see the item order bug as I've described it?
> >
> >
> > "Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam]mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:<ur$QqhlnEHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
> >> "Kai Voripteth" <voripteth@bigmailbox.net> wrote in message
> >> news:22c9b59e.0409190636.276c3a67@posting.google.com...
> >> >I don't think this is the problem since the files always appear
> >> > scrambled in the same way.
> >>
> >> Without a real example to view, your comment above suggests it is
> >> *exactly*
> >> this issue.