How can I rearrange photos in my pictures?

Superspud80

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I have just bought a new sony vaio laptop and I am operating windows 8.1
I have downloaded all my holidays photos into a folder, however, I want to rearrange them in a different order. I am unable to do this as the photos are being arranged in date & time order....and I cannot seem to change this. I have even 'renamed' the photos in the numerical order that I want, but the computer returns them back to date & time order. Can anyone help me resolve this please? Thanks very much for your help
 
Hi Superspud80,
Did you try these:
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Thanks!!

Thanks very much to everyone who replied, as a result of your help I've managed to solve my problem. cheers
 
Hi, I tried to implement the help you gave me, however the following problem occurred.
In the pictures file/folder I was able to rearrange them in the order I wanted, as instructed by you. However, when I returned to my pictures library, they were still in the original order, they hadn't updated the changes in the pictures file/folder.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your help,
Superspud
 
These are two different locations. You would need to set the folder view in the library as well. Do note that all included folders in a library will share the same folder view in that library.

If you like, you could use the tutorial below to set the folder view in your Pictures folder, and apply to all folders that use the same folder template.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/9751-folder-view-apply-folders-windows-8-a.html
 
I found renaming and putting a number in front of each worked well. I did this in Vista and carried it over to W7 and W8.1
 

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Create 2 folders on desktop. Disable “Auto arrange icons” on desktop (Right-click - view - uncheck “Auto arrange icons” ). Put your pictures into the first folder. Open both folders on half screen so
you can drag and drop pictures files from one folder to another. Drag and drop files in order you need one
by one. Files will stay in the same order you drag them into the second folder. Apply “Rename multiple files” (
Select all the files
you want to rename, right-click the first one and select Rename.
Type your desired base file name and press Enter.Windows Explorer will take your base name
and add a number to each file’s name
.)
It works only on a desktop.
 
I have found that numbering the pictures works fine. But to be safe I used every third number starting with 3. That way, if I want to slip an extra picture into the middle of the list, I won't have to renumber every following number. I would call that a time saver! Here's how you do it.

Go to VIEW, click on SORT BY, and select NAME and ASCENDING. Then RIGHT-CLICK on any picture to open the dropdown menu. Click on RENAME and type your preferred number in front of everything else with or without a space. Alphabetical characters will work just as well.
 
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Good idea, renumbering is a pain. And just a thought, I wonder what adding a letter would do, say 2, 2a, 2b etc. Must try that some time.
 
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