Windows Explorer Auto Arrange - Disable

I applied this, and it appears to work fine, as advertized. That's super! (I want my XP back!) But it didn't solve the problem I was really trying to fix: Windows Live Photo Gallery/picture viewer: I want the "next" button to show the next picture - as it is sorted in the folder. But it always shows the next alphabetical entry. 'Same thing with Slideshow.
Have I got a different problem? or am I doing something wrong?

"Free sorting" does work. I've made several tests.
But still no on the Windows Live Photo Gallery problem. I've tried restart(s) & clearing the thumbnails cache. No matter what I do, the "next' button shows the next alphabetical file.

yes, I navigate to the specific folder (not a 'library' folder, and not by way of there), double-click an image; hit "next" in Windows Live Photo Gallery, and the next alphabetical file shows up. I've tried different folders, different sorts...same results.
Is there a possibility "ShellFolderFix" (1.1.4, folder size & position) is causing some sort of conflict? (This was the first "fix" I applied to Win7 - trying to get my XP functionality back.)

well, that was frustrating...
I did a 'clean' uninstall of ShellFolderFix (including deleting database, settings); cold restart. Then I did a complete re-do of this tutorial.
But... same end: I can 'free sort" folders; it works beautifully (Thank You!). But, Windows Live Photo Gallery still refuses to do anything other than alphabetical!
Now I have to re-install ShellFolderFix & re-set where & how big I want certain folders to open.
Who at Microsoft thought that re-sizing, re-positioning, re-sorting and changing the view - of every folder you open, every time you open it - was productive?!
I need to get back to 'real' work, but I don't want to give up on this. Do you have any further suggestion?

nope.