Alpha-Numeric Arrangements for XP

Alpha-Numeric Arrangements for XP

Window XP sorts files in an ascending order which have digits in their file name. Like document ‘anindya384.doc’ listed after anindya38.doc and anindya39.doc. But if you want to arrange them like this anindya38.doc, anindya384.doc, anindya39.doc, anindya394.doc then you has to set registry, after that OS will access all characters as alphabets.

(1). Open the Registry Editor and navigate the key.

“HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer” 

(2). Create new entry “NoStrCmpLogical” using ‘Edit > New > DWORD value’.

      or you can do like this also clicking on the right pane

(3). Then open it and set the value data ‘1’ in the “Edit DWORD value” Window and click OK.

(4). Next step you know….so do it. Restart your PC to see registry set effect.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, XP, XP Registry Tweak