Fix folder order in Windows "Save As" dialog
Finally!For years, I have suffered through having to rearrange the file order every. single. time. I save a file to my hard drive. This happens to you, too, when you find a pretty picture on the internet that you like so much that you want to save it to your C: drive, and it takes you no fewer than forty-five seconds to navigate to the folder you've chosen as the picture's final resting place. I guess I always assumed that each program had a different way of deciding how to arrange the "Save As" folders, but it's actually standardly fucked up across Windows, save for a few programs like Microsoft Word, which have their own mysterious way of controlling the dialog box.
This is how the dialog box appears by default, except that mine looks even worse because my folders always show up in some random order that has absolutely no relationship with any objective concept of organization, much less a recognizable alphabet.Only God knows how many minutes (hours? days?) I've wasted rearranging that stupid box to get my files where I want them before today, when I managed to slap together a decent enough Google search that I found not only a sympathizer, but a solution.The solution link looks scary, but that's because Germans are weird.* If you scroll half-way down the page to the FileOpenPatcher section (because Germans aren't happy unless it's all one word), you'll find two little links under the German/English flags to download a "patch." That "patch" solved the problem for me. I just finished rebooting a few minutes ago, but it works in Google Chrome, which is where most of my saving originates.Now, instead of being in some random order, the folders are set out in detail view and arranged alphabetically. You can even specify how big you want the box to be.
If it's dorky to be as excited about this discovery as I am, then paint a motherfucking pocket protector on my blouse, because I'm excited!In case you're having a hard time following, the solution is half-way down this page - http://www.netcult.ch/elmue/ElmueSoft-en.htmRejoice!* - In my opinion, Germans are second only to Austrians among civilized Western societies in terms of their overall weirdness. If we're counting uncivilized Western societies, you can throw the Haitians in there, too.
