Re: File organization different in XP than 2000

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:38:22 -0700

This article may help you.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319827 

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"AFADLER" wrote:
|I have noticed that my files are sequenced differently in XP SP2 than in
| previous versions of windows, like 2000.
|
| For example:
| A file named "P-8000" will be put after a file named P-10000 in windows
| 2000.
|
| But the same two files will be in reverse order (P-10000 will come before
| P-8000) in windows XP.
|
| The problem is our office has computers running both OS's, and the people
| with new PC's running XP are having great difficulty finding the files 
they
| need.  We cannot rename all 10,000 files, it would take too long, and it
| would destry some x-references (links) in AutoCAD.
|
| The question is, Is there a way to set windows XP to organize the files in
| the same way that 2000 does???
|
| Your help is greatly appreciated!!!
|
| Thank you.
|
|

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