In Vista, the search results which used to show "In Folder" as a straight
path string in earlier versions is now "last name first," if you will. It
gives only the last folder name, with the higher-level path in parentheses
behind it. This makes it impossible to sort by path.

e.g., the two places where start menu shortcuts are stored under WinXP a

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\Loretta\Start Menu

I could sort all of the subfolders under my user logon together. Or look at
the nested folders in a directory tree "branch." (Remember directories?)

Now, with Vista I get this instead:

Start Menu (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users)
Start Menu (C:\Documents and Settings\Loretta)

Which of course sorts all last-level folder names alphabetically. This is
useless to me; if I knew what the folder name was, I would have just searched
for the folder name.

Is there a way to set Vista so that it will give a GOOD folder path?
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Loretta Yeo

LorettaYeo;712429 Wrote:
In Vista, the search results which used to show "In Folder" as a
straight
path string in earlier versions is now "last name first," if you will.
It
gives only the last folder name, with the higher-level path in
parentheses
behind it. This makes it impossible to sort by path.

e.g., the two places where start menu shortcuts are stored under WinXP
a

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\Loretta\Start Menu

I could sort all of the subfolders under my user logon together. Or
look at
the nested folders in a directory tree "branch." (Remember
directories?)

Now, with Vista I get this instead:

Start Menu (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users)
Start Menu (C:\Documents and Settings\Loretta)

Which of course sorts all last-level folder names alphabetically. This
is
useless to me; if I knew what the folder name was, I would have just
searched
for the folder name.

Is there a way to set Vista so that it will give a GOOD folder path?
--
Loretta Yeo

Hi Loretta,

You can use Option One in this tutorial for how to add the column
"Path" and remove the column "Folder" for what you are wanting.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...customize.html

Shawn


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This solution may work temporarily but as soon as the search window is closed and another search is made, Vista goes back to the "Folder" column rather than the "Folder Path" column. Any other suggestions?