Hi,

I am really foxed with this issue. Here's the background: Two near
identical machines, both have Windows XP SP2, both have Office 2003 with the
latest service packs (I think). Both built idependantly (i.e. not cloned or
ghosted).

When I click "FILE | OPEN" or "FILE | SAVE" in either Word or Excel and
browse to a network drive, which contains many subfolders and many different
office documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc), the dialog box displays these files
and folders differently between these two PC's.

One machine displays the contents of the network drive alphabetically,
showing the first folder at the top, you then scroll along past all the other
folders and eventually to the files. The other machine shows the contents of
the drive by jumping past all the folders and highlighting the first
available document for that application i.e. a .doc file if using Word or an
..xls file is using Excel. You then have to scroll back or up to get to the
first folder on that drive.

I don't know how to control this behavior. Does anyone? I have looked
through the options within Word and Excel and also the GPO add-ins for these
applications but no luck.

Can anyone help?

Mike.

Experiment with clicking the column head captions. This determines the sort
order for the items listed; and Word remembers the setting. (If the captions
aren't showing, click the Views button on the toolbar, then select Details.)




"Michael Yorke" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am really foxed with this issue. Here's the background: Two near
identical machines, both have Windows XP SP2, both have Office 2003 with
the
latest service packs (I think). Both built idependantly (i.e. not cloned
or
ghosted).

When I click "FILE | OPEN" or "FILE | SAVE" in either Word or Excel and
browse to a network drive, which contains many subfolders and many
different
office documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc), the dialog box displays these
files
and folders differently between these two PC's.

One machine displays the contents of the network drive alphabetically,
showing the first folder at the top, you then scroll along past all the
other
folders and eventually to the files. The other machine shows the contents
of
the drive by jumping past all the folders and highlighting the first
available document for that application i.e. a .doc file if using Word or
an
.xls file is using Excel. You then have to scroll back or up to get to
the
first folder on that drive.

I don't know how to control this behavior. Does anyone? I have looked
through the options within Word and Excel and also the GPO add-ins for
these
applications but no luck.

Can anyone help?

Mike.