Sequential photo listing

these arent from my camera but im starting to realize that what i view as
normal thing to do for organizing pics isnt to normal for everyone else.
If i just have a folder of pictures i collected from web sites online or of
a vacation from two different cameras or pictures someone emails me. And i
store them in folders. In XP i would just put them in the order i wanted ...
i mean visually clicking and dragging them into an order without changing the
names individually or anything yet. Then i would select all when i had them
in my order and on the first picture right click on rename and put in "March
05' party (1)" or "NYC (1)" then everything in the folder would be renamed
in a sequential order. NYC (1) NYC (2) so on. In vista when i do this when i
do the rename the entire order will change and each time i do it the order
will be different so i cant even understand why its chosing the pattern it
does. In vista ill get something like NYC (22) NYC (3) NYC ( . Meanwhile
NYC (22) wasnt even the 22nd pic!! it was maybe the 4th!! So it renames them
crazy and jumbles the order. The sequence it makes isnt even in order and
the order of the pics isnt in the order i wanted. Also it will create a
double sometimes of a pic overwriting another one. Ive basically come to the
conclusion that this maybe as simple as it was in xp cant be done in vista.
I dont care or want to sequence them to when i uploaded them or to when
they were taken by a camera and all that. I just want them sequenced in the
order i have them in the folder. My only other option is putting them in my
order and name and numbering them one at a time

"dbknox" wrote:

>
> If these are pictures from your camera they should already have a
> sequential order such as DSC00001,DSC0002 etc. You can first change the
> View in the folder to "sort by", "tags", and "decending" then try the
> trick given to you by Dave T. Hope this helps. I usually use a rename
> program for doing this. ( Something like "rename master") And simply
> change the "DSC" to "family Picnic" and get "family picnic0001,Family
> picnic0002 etc." hit the rename button. Hope this helps. Never had it
> overwrite a picture.
>
>
> --
> dbknox
>

so your saying to use a seperate rename program? im not trying to go in and
change all that cripted data on the pic i just want them in the order i
want in the folder i have them stored in.

"dbknox" wrote:

>
> If these are pictures from your camera they should already have a
> sequential order such as DSC00001,DSC0002 etc. You can first change the
> View in the folder to "sort by", "tags", and "decending" then try the
> trick given to you by Dave T. Hope this helps. I usually use a rename
> program for doing this. ( Something like "rename master") And simply
> change the "DSC" to "family Picnic" and get "family picnic0001,Family
> picnic0002 etc." hit the rename button. Hope this helps. Never had it
> overwrite a picture.
>
>
> --
> dbknox
>