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Newsgroups: nz.comp
From: "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukek...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:11:44 +1200
Local: Fri, Apr 20 2012 4:11 am
Subject: Re: Windows XP question...
Somewhere on teh intarwebs ~misfit~ wrote:
> Hi Folks, I'm still running XP and am happy with it. However I've
Ok, I resorted to Google and it seems that a Windows Explorer update was > noticed new behaviour recently that has actually caught me out a > couple of times. > It used to be that, if you copied files or folders into a folder or > onto a flash drive (for instance) they would stay in the order that > they were copied until you went 'View' - 'Refresh'. However, I > noticed a wee while ago that my folders have started periodically > refreshing themselves (and alphabetising the contents). It seems to > happen several times a minute. > Is anyone else still using XP and seeing this? (I download and apply > all updates.) The first time I noticed it was when I (thought) I knew > that I was deleting first, third and sixth files from a flash drive > and when I'd done it realised that they'd 'moved' and I'd deleted the > wrong ones. I ran my AV and malware programmes but they found nothing. > So, anyone? If it *is* a new feature is there a way to turn it off?
> Thanks,
responsible. Lots of people not liking the new system (which I gather is also part of W7 and lots of folks using 7 don't like it either) but the only 'fix' that looked reasonable was here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/r1040266854 So, I've deleted the registry keys and am now crossing my fingers. Cheers,
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