From: Ellen K. 

?  Based on the DOS window it looks like Explorer is showing it in the
order you created them.   This would be the result if you selected
Modified as the sort column.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:54:42 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote in message :

>Ok, I thought I understood computers.
>
>You all know what alphanumeric order means right? You sort newsgroup posts by
title and this one appears at the top because it begins with a ! instead of
a letter and the ! character comes first in an alpha sort. (last in some
alpha orders I guess)
>
>Ok so explain the attached alpha order of a directory I just created as a test
in W2K. This has got to be a microsoftism..
>
>Geo.
>
>

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