Guest hahathhat Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 This regards my download folder. Sometimes, I want to sort it by name to find a file. Other times, i want to sort it by DATE MODIFIED so I can go right to recently downloaded stuff. However, because there are mp3s in it and such, Windows XP decides it's a MEDIA FOLDER, so when I right-click arrange-by, there is NAME, SIZE, TYPE, ARTIST all sorts of bullshit i don't ever use. BUT THERE IS NO DATED MODIFIED!! to get ARRANGE BY DATE MODIFIED, i have to: 1) right click, view, details 2) right click on the column header that appears 3) check "date modified" 4) click on it to sort 5) put the folder back to the view i actually want. every couple days, it seems, it decides it's an mp3 folder again and date modified goes away. THIS IS INCREDIBLY GODDAMN ANNOYING!! halp Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Vista is even worse about shit like that. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 hahathhat said: This regards my download folder. Sometimes, I want to sort it by name to find a file. Other times, i want to sort it by DATE MODIFIED so I can go right to recently downloaded stuff. However, because there are mp3s in it and such, Windows XP decides it's a MEDIA FOLDER, so when I right-click arrange-by, there is NAME, SIZE, TYPE, ARTIST all sorts of bullshit i don't ever use. BUT THERE IS NO DATED MODIFIED!! to get ARRANGE BY DATE MODIFIED, i have to: 1) right click, view, details 2) right click on the column header that appears 3) check "date modified" 4) click on it to sort 5) put the folder back to the view i actually want. every couple days, it seems, it decides it's an mp3 folder again and date modified goes away. THIS IS INCREDIBLY GODDAMN ANNOYING!! halp check folder options, i think you can set it so that it always shows up that way ive been having xp issues too, when i get a folder too full, like 30gb of files over or around 1gb each, explorer crashes Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Yeah. Vista is notorious for this bullshit. Insanely frustrating, as I NEVER want to sort files by artist, album, or RATING. terrible. Never had too many issues with this on XP, though I did manage to permanently reverse all of my files on my one laptop, so whenever I want to browse by folder, I have to right click and sort by name, and then the folders will appear on the top like they should. I know that sounds lazy, but it mostly frustrating because I don't know how to fix it. Edited February 25, 2009 by thanks robert moses Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide FLA FUR BIS FLE's signature Hide all signatures through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 is this xp home edition? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Bubba69's signature Hide all signatures https://intervallux.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I don't think I've ever had this problem. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I get this crap with Vista, no matter how many times I rearrange the columns Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thief Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 i like to have most of the mp3 tags showing in columns (year, album title, track number) each time i re-visit them, my luke vibert and u-ziq folders get reset to [Name] [Type] lol :[ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Great Maker ShaiHulud said: I get this crap with Vista, no matter how many times I rearrange the columns nice album choice Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide modey's signature Hide all signatures youtube | bandcamp | soundcloud | twitter | facebook 0F.digital Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-960981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jubes Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 i have 2 extremely ludicrous ideas.... 1: when selecting a file sorting option from an (endless and useless list) i.e. sort by date, that preference should be saved so i don't have to fucking reselect it (from the endless list) every fucking time 2: when i use a specific program and i often use the ''open'' or ''save'' button, i often have to browse through the same folder, and everytime i go back to opening a different file in the same folder i have to go through all other preceding folders before going in that specific folder i often use. so for those who don't have a short memory, there should be a genius invention called : ''not having to reclick through every fucking folder to reach in the foler i often use with a specific program.... i think im a genius.... thanks vista Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-961007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ~ism Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 use MS-DOS. Windows is for poofs. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-961123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdamAnchorman Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 for xp users, you can try microsoft's tweak UI. use this to customize tons of settings in xp like autoplay, which options come up when you right click to make a new file, indexing hdds when idle, etc. i am not sure if it can customize what youre talking about, but it is definitely worth a try. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide EdamAnchorman's signature Hide all signatures glowing in beige on the national stage Reveal hidden contents On 10/31/2007 at 9:17 PM, 'thejacketloose' said: On 10/31/2007 at 9:28 PM, 'Joyrex' said: Is that Eric Roberts? On 10/31/2007 at 9:31 PM, 'thejacketloose' said: Oh yeah. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-961133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 thanks robert moses said: Yeah. Vista is notorious for this bullshit. Insanely frustrating, as I NEVER want to sort files by artist, album, or RATING. terrible. this is why i went back to xp. hahathhat said: This regards my download folder. Sometimes, I want to sort it by name to find a file. Other times, i want to sort it by DATE MODIFIED so I can go right to recently downloaded stuff. However, because there are mp3s in it and such, Windows XP decides it's a MEDIA FOLDER, so when I right-click arrange-by, there is NAME, SIZE, TYPE, ARTIST all sorts of bullshit i don't ever use. BUT THERE IS NO DATED MODIFIED!! to get ARRANGE BY DATE MODIFIED, i have to: 1) right click, view, details 2) right click on the column header that appears 3) check "date modified" 4) click on it to sort 5) put the folder back to the view i actually want. every couple days, it seems, it decides it's an mp3 folder again and date modified goes away. THIS IS INCREDIBLY GODDAMN ANNOYING!! halp make a new folder. copy the files. delete the old folder. be careful not to copy over any desktop.ini files in the process. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures WATMM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42990-this-has-been-bugging-me-for-years/#findComment-961161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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