Hmm...Don't you just right-click and choose 'sort by name'? or are you saying it won't do this?
The OP is talking about the arranging in groups based on the alphabet that XP allowed. See the attached picture.
Could it be that the OP is using a shared fielder on another computer?
What OS is the other computer?
Try using a dash - rather than #
What would selecting Music do to my folder views? I want all views to be tiles and "#" in the sort by context menu, not just for my big music folder but for all drives all the way up/down. The exception would be My Computer where viewing the drives has no "#" option to choose, but it doesn't matter there. Everywhere else it does matter.Right click your Music folder and select properties. Then the Customize tab. Select Music from the pull down menu and check the box that applies this to all subfolders. The music folder will have the # sort option.