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Thread ID: 95419 2008-12-05 16:06:00 Sorting in folders mccauley (8734) Press F1
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726039 2008-12-05 16:06:00 I am using Windows XP Pro and am trying to find the option to tell my computer not to sort files in a folder so they stay in the order that I copy them onto that folder.

I mwant it just for particular folders so for instance when I copy CD tracks to a folder it doesn't rearrange the file names into alpha order or file size or whatever and I can just tell it not to sort the files.

I thought there was an option in Windows Explorer/View/Arrange icons by for "do not arrange" but there isn't.

I find when I copy a CD it then sorts the tracks into alpha order, which I don't want - I want them in the same order as they are on the original CD
mccauley (8734)
726040 2008-12-05 18:21:00 I've never see that option before.
You just have to be a bit more clever when naming your files so that they sort in the order you want.
Whenever I do a CD I name the tracks with

01 - Track Name
02 - Track Name
03 - Track Name
etc etc
CYaBro (73)
726041 2008-12-05 19:54:00 I've never see that option before.
You just have to be a bit more clever when naming your files so that they sort in the order you want.
Whenever I do a CD I name the tracks with

01 - Track Name
02 - Track Name
03 - Track Name
etc etc

X2 it's the easiest way and then go to view arrange by track number
gary67 (56)
726042 2008-12-05 20:08:00 Can you not get the folder to sort the items by date? If you can that will keep them in the order you put them in. plod (107)
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