Re: sort by file extension

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Patricia

You can search by extension e.g. *.txt and *.log


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Patricia Shannon wrote:
thank you. I'll try that.
Maybe the problem on my machine is that the Type is being set
somewhere to Text somewhere other than the folder options. Maybe in
the registry.

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

To my knowledge, sorting has always been by Type, rather than
Extension.
If you have a reasonable knowledge of Regedit, you can change it.
Let me know your level of expertise.

FWIW, I would export 3 keys and alter "txtfile" to "logfile" and
"Text Document" to "Log File" in the .reg file and import them again.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.LOG]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.LOG]

If you don't follow the above, please don't try it.

....Alan
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:18:02 -0800, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, Patricia Shannon
<PatriciaShannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am using Windows XP Professional at work.
I want to be able to sort by file extension.
In Windows Explorer, I have .log files that show the "Type" to be
"Text Document".
So when I sort by "Type", it sorts the .log and .txt files together.

In the Folders option of Control Panel, I deleted the LOG type (I
couldn't find a way to change the file type), then added it back,
w/o choosing a file type.
So, the file type is shown as "LOG File", which is what I want.
It is set to open with Notepad.
However, in Windows Explorer, it still shows the "type" for these
files to be "Text Document", and sorts them in with .txt files.
I even did a restart of my computer.

I'm sure that sorting by "Type" used to sort by file extension.


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