Windows Explorer Auto Arrange - Disable

mcm1969 said:

Hello, neither fix worked for me, even after following the steps very carefully. Any ideas? Not being able to sort files the way I want them to is super annoying and a huge error on Windows 7 part.

Hello MCM, and welcome to Seven Forums.

What are you seeing instead?

What folder/path are you testing this in?

MCM,

Ah, that would be why. You will not be able to disable Auto Arrange in any of the Libraries locations.

You can arrange them how you like from the C:\Users\(user-name) folders location after applying the tutorial though.

Library locations are handled differently than normal folders or user folder locations.

Libraries are basically just a share point that let you access items from one or more included folders quickly without moving them from their original locatation. Libraries themselves don't store your files or folders. Instead, they point sort of like a shortcut to different folders on your hard disk, or on an external drive attached to your computer. This gives you easy access to a category of files no matter where they are stored. Since these included folders in a library is a collection point instead of a normal folder, you are not able to disable auto arrange at this library location, while you are still able to at the actual original folder location.

You're most welcome MCM. :)

Hello Rkf76,

Please let us know how it went. :)