>>This is a really silly problem, but it's grown annoying. Somehow in VFP7.1, WinXP Pro, I
>>have managed to get the Open File dialog to always come up with descending sort order (which
>>I don't want as default). This happens for all files/folders of any type, and only happens
>>in VFP - other apps like Word are not affected.
>
>How about Windows Explorer?

Hi Garrett - WE always retains the last sort, like normal. I can't find anything outside of VFP that has the odd descending sort.

I'm stumped - about ready to go poking through the registry...