On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:13:16 +1100, Peter Jason <> wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:22:50 -0800, "Jack" <> wrote:
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>>"Peter Jason" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> In WindowsXP the thumnail pictures could be moved around manually
>>> within a folder (with the mouse) in any desired order.
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>>> But they are all fixed in position in Windows 7.
>>>
>>> Is there some setting to free them up?
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
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>>Asked and Answered. Search this group.
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>well I can't find it in this group. But searching other places gave
>me the answer that the facility has been removed.
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>Well this just pisses me off because I scan vintage photos and the
>only way to arrange them is manually. The EXIF thing is just not
>relevant here!
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>Any one collecting photos and images over the internet has to do a
>fair bit of manual sorting and renaming, and one reason I took the
>jump to Windows7 was the enhanced speed and graphic capabilities.
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>Well this just really sucks, and now I have to hack around and find
>some registry fix, or some other software and it's all a big
>unecessary. Well bugger Microsoft and all its drones!
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>I don't suppose you know of any way to hack the registry to restore
>this facility...?
PS: I just fixed it from
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/di...rer-windows-7/
(from the äutoarrange" posts of 9thFeb11. I used the Zip download,
w7-fullrowsel.zip"" ran it and restarted the computer.
Boy! Is THAT a relief.