[SEL] OT... need some computer advice for Windows XP

[Bill Dickerson]

Welcome to LFNs
XP is doing it properly, Win98 was not.
Long file names are native to XP, it was a hack in 98 to make them work.
Note that the list is ordered properly numerically in XP - 235, 236, etc
THEN the larger numbers is correct.
235, 23501, etc then 236 is not numerically correct.
Renaming is the only choice the way I'm seeing it.
I never ever use spaces - even in XP - I use a dash or underscore, like
235-feed-roll.
This way I know scripts, etc. that I might write to handle file manipulation
won't be thrown by spaces.
(I discourage people at work from using spaces in file names for that reason
-it throws scripts for a loop)

Maybe someone else here knows of a registry hack that might help - you might
even write to PCMagazine.....

Bill 

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Curt
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:55 PM
To: SEL
Subject: [SEL] OT... need some computer advice for Windows XP

Guy and gals,
I need some assistance with a problem I am having with how Windoze XP lists
directories of files. Got new computers here and so I've trying to learn XP
after years of running 98.

Have found a XP glitch that is creating a bit of havoc for us. In both
explorer and the cad programs, XP is arranging the numbered files
differently than did 98.

In 98 we would save drawings as a 3 digit number with no revision but with a
description. And the revisions, a 5 digit number with no description would
fall underneath. Such as:

235 Feed Roll
23501
23502
23503
236 Timing shaft
23601
23602
237 Belt drive assy
23701

However in XP it is showing directories as:

235 Feed Roll
236 Timing Shaft
237 Belt drive assy
23501
23501
23503
23601
23602
23701

As you can imagine this will create havoc when we goto look for the latest
revision. I almost made that mistake today when looking for p/n 235. When I
looked I found 235 Feed Roll and looking directly under it there were no
revisions. I printed that drawing. Only because I knew there were revisions,
did I know to find out where the "missing" 
drawings were located. In fact I had to goto the Win 98 server to find the
"missing" files. Only after I studied this a bit did I discover the
directory listing problem.

Do you know if it is simply a matter of clicking something in one of the
menus to make this directory list p/n's as did Win98?

The thought of having to rename every p/n's 0 revision such as 23500 Feed
Roll is out of the question. A tremendous amount of work for the 10's of
thousands of drawings we have!

Thanks for any help you can offer. I am at curt at imc-group.com Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC



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