Arrange by type for PNG pictures does not work
I have a folder with images, mostly PNG's and their compressed JPG exports. I clicked 'Arrange By: Type' in the upper-right corner (I believe it is called the Library pane, and only visible in library folders). This produced two stacks, as I expected: PNG and JPG. But when I double-click the PNG stack, I get an empty folder view with the phrase "This folder is empty."
January 9th, 2010 7:20am

Hi,I noticed you have attended another thread and you mentioned all the file types encounter the issue, is that right? When did this issue first occur? If this issue did not occur sometime ago, system restore may be under consideration.The issue also may be related to user account profile. If you have another account on the machine, I suggest test the issue in it. If possible, you can create a new account via steps below: Create a new user account 1. Click Start Menu, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click switch to a Classic View in left panel. 3. Double-click User Accounts. 4. Click Change another use account. 5. Click Create a new account, and type the name. 6. Choose account type as Computer administrator. 7. Click Create Account. 8. Log off and log on with the new account 9. Test the issue.
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January 11th, 2010 9:53am

Hi, I noticed you have attended another thread and you mentioned all the file types encounter the issue, is that right? When did this issue first occur? If this issue did not occur sometime ago, system restore may be under consideration. The issue also may be related to user account profile. If you have another account on the machine, I suggest test the issue in it. If possible, you can create a new account via steps below: Create a new user account 1. Click Start Menu, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click switch to a Classic View in left panel. 3. Double-click User Accounts. 4. Click Change another use account. 5. Click Create a new account, and type the name. 6. Choose account type as Computer administrator. 7. Click Create Account. 8. Log off and log on with the new account 9. Test the issue. I'm sorry, but why is this marked as the answer? It doesn't resolve the problem, it simply suggests another way to test for the problem. I'm having the same problem with Libraries: Arrange By Type (ie. only in this view are library locations that are network shares on machines with Windows Search installed not included in the results). Can we get an indication as to whether this is a known problem, and if or when it might be fixed?
January 25th, 2011 9:18am

You will find many people marking their own replies as the answer, and for whatever reason there seems to be a "nationality" component to this trend. Frankly, I think no one should be able to mark ANYTHING except the original poster, or at a bare minimum, preclude anyone but the original poster from marking their own posts, this would allow the original poster to find a solution via other means, and share the information for other thread readers. If the moderators see a thread that's been stagnant for too long, there should be a mark for "retired" rather than forcing a "answered" mark to clear these threads out. If a means cannot be found to prevent repliers from marking their own replies, then the sywstem should subtract one from each of their brownie-points-badge counters for each occurance. The reasoning is simple. The badges mean NOTHING given the current "rules" (none). It sure would be nice to see a familiar highly-qualified name in the response to a thread, giving an immediate indication that the original poster is most likely recieving quality support, and not a canned response by somebody with far too many unearned "badges" just posting the same canned response over and over and over again. If no means of prevention of the practices mentioned above are planned, just get rid of the badges because they represent nothing like the original intent. I should be able to look at a "badge collection" and know immediately that person has helped a good number of people with bonafide solutions to their issues. Right now, all the badges signify is prolific posting, and in too many cases, the propensity to mark their own posts as the "answer". In other words, abuse is destroying what should be a meaningful indicator. DAS
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January 25th, 2011 10:18am

I agree. I think there is a subtle option difference that is "in theory" supposed to alleviate this. As I understand it, it works like this: Anyone can "Propose as Answer" Only the original poster or a moderator can "Mark as Answer" (finalizing it so to speak). I try to be an active contributer to these forums, and I'll admit that I have proposed my own replies as answers on a few (probably a handful) of occasions, but it's only when I'm absolutely certain that the proposed solution is the root cause or definitive answer to an inquiry. As for this issue, I've seen others with this same behavior and never found a true solution. I believe I resolved mine by re-creating my libraries, although I'm not entirely sure (my workflow rarely depends on diving into my pictures folder by file type, so I didn't spend too much time investigating).
January 25th, 2011 10:24am

Shawn, Did you file a bug report for this?
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January 25th, 2011 10:36am

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