Vista Explorer LIST view. Can the sequence be changed?

Am I missing a trick here? Vista's LIST option for listing files is
confusing.

Under XP I would see:

A M
B N
C O
D P
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L

and that made it very easy to skim down the lsit looking for what I
wanted. But under Vista it goes:

A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
K L


etc. which is mouch more difficult to read. (We humans write things in
lists for a reason!).

Is there a way to revert back to the old logic? (And please, no-one
suggest using Details view).

Anyone?


Many thanks,


Jim

An addendum. It only seems to SOMETIME do this (usually in a File Open
dialog). Strange...

Jim

I think the left to right view is actually small icon view, the list view is
like it was in XP?


"Jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:c872q2toptlld1khdns7vkv5kn0e6b6mge@4ax.com...
> Am I missing a trick here? Vista's LIST option for listing files is
> confusing.
>
> Under XP I would see:
>
> A M
> B N
> C O
> D P
> E
> F
> G
> H
> I
> J
> K
> L
>
> and that made it very easy to skim down the lsit looking for what I
> wanted. But under Vista it goes:
>
> A B
> C D
> E F
> G H
> I J
> K L
>
>
> etc. which is mouch more difficult to read. (We humans write things in
> lists for a reason!).
>
> Is there a way to revert back to the old logic? (And please, no-one
> suggest using Details view).
>
> Anyone?
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Jim

Yep, this is correct and fixed it for me.
I thought I was on list, but I was on Small Icons.
Control Panel was driving me nuts. I feel pretty silly not realizing this,
but at least I'm not alone.

"Toby Broom" <tjbroom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:97AC1D58-47DF-4A43-A9AD-189A3ECA043B@microsoft.com...
>I think the left to right view is actually small icon view, the list view
>is like it was in XP?
>
>
> "Jim" <jim@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:c872q2toptlld1khdns7vkv5kn0e6b6mge@4ax.com...
>> Am I missing a trick here? Vista's LIST option for listing files is
>> confusing.
>>
>> Under XP I would see:
>>
>> A M
>> B N
>> C O
>> D P
>> E
>> F
>> G
>> H
>> I
>> J
>> K
>> L
>>
>> and that made it very easy to skim down the lsit looking for what I
>> wanted. But under Vista it goes:
>>
>> A B
>> C D
>> E F
>> G H
>> I J
>> K L
>>
>>
>> etc. which is mouch more difficult to read. (We humans write things in
>> lists for a reason!).
>>
>> Is there a way to revert back to the old logic? (And please, no-one
>> suggest using Details view).
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>>
>> Jim
>