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Why does Microsoft have to decide how I want my personal stuff organized?I want them organized the way I want!We wouldnt pay 300 for someone to take decision for us.I wonder if you are going to change the Pc acronym for Personal Computer to IBTMN-C aka I belong to Microsoft now computer.I want my folders arranged the way I like.I want to change the row the way i feel like to everyday.Just fix it.What made you remove this??Which advisor told you it is not needed?Who doesnt use this feature??Windows is based on manual arrange.Nice Idea WELL DONE
*original title - Where is in windows explorer auto arrange disable mode???*
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Hi Kostbo,
Welcome to Microsoft Answers!
As this is by design of the Windows 7 Operating system, we cannot disable the Auto arrange.
The change in Windows 7 is by design however, if this is something you would like this feature reinstated, please submit your suggestion to:
http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195
Regards,
Divya R – Microsoft Support.
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I'm late getting in on this, but I can't resist commenting. It's clear to me what Microsoft is up to here. They're heading Windows toward storing all your information on their servers ("in the Cloud" as the euphemism goes) so they can sift through it looking for ways to use it to their advantgage and to the advantage of whomever they choose sell access. Auto arrange makes it easier for their tools to do the sifting and is easier (less costly) to implement. They want you to store all your data in the Cloud so they can eliminate local storage on PC's whose storage they can't get to. I'm sure that once local storage is no longer present on PC's, they'll start charging you for access to your own data also. Don't be fooled by the hype about the Cloud. It's whole purpose is to get access to your data for marketing purposes (e.g. targeted ads) and for any other purpose they can contrive that'll provide them with a revenue stream that's low-investment for them. They're not working toward products for your benefit, but toward products that suck your created value into their coffers. Look at Windows Live. It's whole purpose is the same. You'll own a "thin client" instead of a computer (no disk drives) and you'll rent applications rather than own them. I'm trying to find ways to do what I need to do on linux. It belongs to nobody (thank you Linus Torvalds) and thus isn't as likely to fall victim to the thinly veiled "something for nothing" wave of greed that's washing through the PC industry. Maybe if enough of us rebel against the current trends, Microsoft will either go broke because we show them that we don't want to be used in this way (by spending our money on machines and software that are aimed at our needs and convenience rather than theirs) or they'll catch on and and look at their users as their primary customers rather than as the patsys who pay them to be exploited by their "real" customers.
Totally agree we should all switch back to Vista or XP then maybe Microsoft would get the message.
I HAVE INSTALLED SP1 TODAY!
THEY HAVE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT FIXED THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHAME ON YOU, WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT PROVES THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS
The problem with going back to XP is that it is quickly becoming obsolete due to huge memory requirements of newer applications such as Adobe Lightroom 3 --which btw, has a "user order" setting for its folder contents.
