Win2k:How do you change 'arrange files' -> 'by date' to recent-to-earliest

[tristramshandy]

Stupid little nigglely thing, but in Win2k when I arrange files in 'My Computer', I'd like to be able to automatically arrange them by reverse-chronological order, with most recent files first descending to earliest. Windows will only do it the other way around: first to latest. Can you change this setting? Is there any hope?

 

[AndyHui]

Display details, then click on the date column heading. If that is the reverse order, click on the date column heading again.

 

[tristramshandy]

Thanks for your suggestion Andy Hui. I'm a little dense, but please just indicate what I need to click to "display Details": should highlight files and then right-click to options (which didn't seem to work). I really appreciate your patience. -manny

 

[kranky]

I'm assuming Win2K isn't any different from Win98 in this regard. In My Computer, go to the View drop-down menu and go down to Details. Then, each file should be shown one file per line. Each line shows, among other things, the date. Then as AndyHui said, click on the "Date" column heading which will sort the list of files in order of date. If it shows the most recent files LAST, click on the heading again and it will reverse the order.

 

[tristramshandy]

<TEXTAREA name=&quot;message&quot; rows=&quot;15&quot; cols=&quot;70&quot; Ttyle=&quot;background: #EFF3FF; width: 100%;&quot; wrap=&quot;virtual&quot;>Thanks Kranky! Yes, you're right. I've seen Win2k do it's thing and am totally relieved. Appreciate your help! -m