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Playing audio files from a memory stick in the correct order has always been a source of frustration for anyone involved in the production of a talking newspaper. A talking newspaper is how a sight impaired person can access local news and in the UK, there are more than 500 tn’s run by volunteers who distribute their recordings on a memory stick to their listeners. Generally each news item is produced as a single track (file) so the play order is important. Al Taylor provided the solution that we use, namely selecting all the files and then right-clicking on the first file and either sending or copying the files to the stick. Our tracks are numbered alphanumerically – Track01, Track02 etc so they are transferred correctly. Viewing the files in Windows Explorer depends on how you have chosen to sort the files. It does not take into account how the files are physically located on the hard drive. If you do not use the right click method, the files are transferred in the order they are physically located and of course looking at the file list in Explorer just sorts them automatically by file name. I believe this technique has been used since the days of Win 3.1

Many of my clients have been asking what to do now that support has ended for Windows 7. It is certainly true that the free upgrade provided by Microsoft is still available and works fine although it can take a couple of hours to complete. Just search for the Windows 10 media creation tool and then run the Update Assistant. Part of the process checks whether the computer meets the hardware requirements and on completion a list of things that are incompatible with Windows 10 are listed. I have now completed a lot of upgrades for my clients and one advantage is that the latest build 1909 is installed. As has been mentioned, there are ways to emulate the look of Windows 7 but I suggest that after a short learning curve it is better to move forward than keep looking back.