order within save/load dialogue boxes in Windows XP New Users

The default order that directories and files are in a save/load box is directories first (in alphanumeric order), followed by files (ditto). I seem to have done something that alters this - the files and directories _shown to me in save/load boxes_ are in some other order (creation/modification date maybe? Since date is not shown in a save/load box, I cannot verify that). How do I put it back? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf RAM disk is *not* an installation procedure. And -- very important -- hold down the Ctrl key while closing the dialog box with the red X. (Or it might be the Shift key, or Ctrl- Shift: I cannot remember and I do not have Windows XP any more. But I remember it is one of those while closing the dialog box, to lock in your preference.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... In message <MPG.27417a137d95444798c7b3@news.individual.net>,...

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