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    Solved Sort Files Numerically by File Name

    It is probably a fairly easy fix. There seems to be a flaw with how IV sorts the filenames in a directory in order to decide what image to go to next when you either:

    *Click the arrows in the toolbar
    *In full screen mode, manually advance to the next image.

    For example, if files are named like this:

    "001.jpg, 002.jpg, 003.jpg, (...), 103.jpg"

    Then it works fine. However, if they are named like so:

    "0.jpg, 1.jpg, 2.jpg, (...), 10.jpg, (...), 100.jpg"

    It does not work. What it does is it goes in this order: 0,1,10,100, etc.

    It seems to go character by character in the filename. Of course, I realize that it is supposed to sort folders with not just numerically-named files, but alphanumeric, which could probably explain why it does it that way. The default Windows slideshow in Windows 7, and the folder sorting of Windows Explorer figures it out correctly, though.

    Thanks.

    #2
    Choose Options>Sort directory files>by Name (ascending, XP style) instead of by Name.

    Bear in mind that this choice can only approximate how Windows sorts (the algorithm is not open source).

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      #3
      ahh I see it. Wow! I feel bad for not noticing it was just an option! Embarrassing

      Thanks! Works great now.

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