Open File Dialog - Files not in order

[Jeremy2007]

EDIT:  It's all fixed now

Hey everybody! I seem to be having a minor problem with my open file dialog.  When I go to open a file with programs such as Winamp and IE, the files and folders are completely out of order.  They were all in alphabetical order, but recently they seem to be in the date modified order. 

On the other hand, when I browse through my files using the My Computer approach, everything is just fine.  So, I'm trying to figure out how to have the Open File dialog place my files in alphabetical order by default, since it is annoying to have to sort everytime I go into a new folder.

I am using Windows XP Home Edition, I don't have any viruses, spyware or anything like that.  I've tried looking through all of the folder options I can find, but I can't find anything related to my problem.  I'm still trying to figure it out, and any suggestions/advice would be great.  Thanks!

[Comp Guy]

Try going to the folder properties and changing what the folder is used for, maybe that'll work.

[contrex]

Right click My Computer, choose Explore.

Click on the C: Drive in the left pane.

Click on the View Menu, then choose List.

Right click in the empty whitespace area in the right pane where the
files get listed.

Choose Arrange Icons By.

Pick "Name".

Verify files are sorted alphabetically. If not, repeat.

Press and hold the control key, then click on the "X" to close Explorer.

Then you can reopen explorer and set whatever default view you want in
explorer.

The key here, is that the file open dialog box, and all other similar
controls, use the sort method saved when in "List" view. Nowhere else
have I seen this. If you do it using "Details" view, it won't fix the
dialog box sort order.

[Jeremy2007]

Contrex, that worked perfectly!!!!! Thanks a lot!  I'll be sure to remember this if it happens again.