Hi George,

Once again, I thank you. That was it. I had to use the 'Set all folders to current folder' and then it worked.

>>Hi,
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>>I know that this is not a VFP question, but was hoping someone would have an answer anyway..
>>Some time ago, I changed something unintentionally on my Win2K machine so that, in the file open dialogue window, folders & files come up, by default, sorted by file/folder date and I have to right-click/choose sort by name each time.
>>Any idea on how to set it back to filename order by default?
>>It's probably something obvious, but it's really irritating.
>>
>>TIA
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>It takes the order as specified by the folder's settings in the Windows Explorer. When you change them there, it's reflected in the Open and Save dialogs.