Windows Explorer Auto Arrange - Disable

Hello ididntdoit,

Folder views are not remembered for removable media.

Its before I even get to write to to another media that I have issues.
Different cameras taken photos at different times - I drag and drop to put in to a logical order but the order I have put them in - say number 3 gets the file name 29 or something not expected when I select all and rename the first one.
In xp if I did that I would get the renamed file "rename" and hen the next one would become rename (1) then rename (2) and so on. So they would get a new name as the order that I dragged and dropped them as.
But with the hack I position where I want ok but I cannot name them in that position.
I need to rename them so that a dvd player will show them in the correct order from 1to whatever

For something like that, it may be better to drag and drop them to your desktop for the arrangement you like, rename them, then move them to where you like.

Not sure what you mean there -we are talking 400 jpegs in a folder that is on the desktop

When auto arrange is disabled, you won't be able to rename them like that in the order you want. You might be able to if you do the renaming on the desktop itself first, then arrange them how you like in the folder.

I think I have worked it out (almost)
I was working on a second internal HD dragging and dropping to reorder with no issues and they stayed put. But when I tried to select all and then rename the first one, the numbers were indeed given 1 to 400 but if I had dragged the original last jpeg to position number 2 then after the rename it stayed in position number 2 but was given the name image(400) like it was remembering its original position in the list, when I was wanting it to be named number (2).

So I tryed coping the folder onto the desktop so it is now in the win 7 hd and low and behold I can now reorder -select all -rename the first one and it now works, they get named image (1) image (2) image (3) just in the position I put them.

So it does not quite fully work on a second internal HD although I can drag and drop I cannot re number them in those dropped positions, but if I put the folder on the main drive desktop then I can.
Yes when I then put back on the second drive they get mixed up again but as they now have a sequential number I can select sort by name.

I still have an issue with the first 9 images because the number is given as (1) (2) but that causes an issue when viewing on other devices because they need to be named (01) (02) but when I rename to add the (0) some strange numbering happends which I will investigate and come back with a full description

Sorry that was so long I hope it makes sense and helps others

I'm glad you were able to find a workaround for now.

Hello Cammac, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

The .reg files are different in OPTION ONE (disable) and OPTION TWO (enable). Both delete those entries, but the disable option also adds registry entries for allowing to arrange how you like.