Hi and sorry if this is in wrong place. How can I reset column order in Boinc so that tasks are shown in the same order as they are downloaded?

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Hi and sorry if this is in wrong place. How can I reset column order in Boinc so that tasks are shown in the same order as they are downloaded?

I wrote an FAQ for this at Lunatics.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/1-discussion-forum/faq-read-only.msg41516.html#msg41516

I wrote an FAQ for this at Lunatics.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/1-discussion-forum/faq-read-only.msg41516.html#msg41516

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I wrote an FAQ for this at Lunatics.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/1-discussion-forum/faq-read-only.msg41516.html#msg41516

Page load error. Address not found.

Ah, sorry - Lunatics are having DNS problems (see an adjacent thread) - depends on your ISP. I'll repost here - give me a few minutes.

Using Regedit this works with BOINC 6.* not sure about 7.*

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks]
"SortColumn"=dword:ffffffff

Q: I clicked something in BOINC Manager, and now my tasks are in a funny order - how do I put them back to normal?

A: (Windows) You need to edit the registry.
Close BOINC Manager (you can leave the client running)
Run 'regedit', or whatever you usually use for registry hacking.
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks
Select Tasks in the left-hand pane - ignore the subkeys.
Select SortColumn in the right-hand pane.
Right-click and edit the value. Make it ffffffff
Close regedit (saves automatically, no save step needed), restart BM.

A: (Linux) The Manager settings are in a hidden file called ".BOINC Manager" in your home directory.
Close BOINC Manager (you can leave the client running)
Open the file for editing, using either of these naming conventions:

".BOINC Manager"
~/.BOINC\ Manager

Find a section like

[Tasks]
SortColumn=6
ReverseSortOrder=0
ActiveTasksOnly=0

(or whichever tab you want to un-sort)
Change the SortColumn to -1
Save your changes and restart BM.

Q: I clicked something in BOINC Manager, and now my tasks are in a funny order - how do I put them back to normal?

A: (Windows) You need to edit the registry.
Close BOINC Manager (you can leave the client running)
Run 'regedit', or whatever you usually use for registry hacking.
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks
Select Tasks in the left-hand pane - ignore the subkeys.
Select SortColumn in the right-hand pane.
Right-click and edit the value. Make it ffffffff
Close regedit (saves automatically, no save step needed), restart BM.

Value is now 0x00000000 (0), should I change it to 0xffffffff (0) ? I have Windows 8.1

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Value is now 0x00000000 (0), should I change it to 0xffffffff (0) ? I have Windows 8.1

Change it to ffffffff (eight characters). You won't see the 0x or the (0) while editing.

Unless they've fixed it in Windows 8.1, the result will probably say

0xffffffff (4294967295)

which is a fancy way of saying minus one.

Alternatively, you can simply delete the SortColumn value. BOINC will make it again for you.

Change it to ffffffff (eight characters). You won't see the 0x or the (0) while editing.

Unless they've fixed it in Windows 8.1, the result will probably say

0xffffffff (4294967295)

which is a fancy way of saying minus one.

Alternatively, you can simply delete the SortColumn value. BOINC will make it again for you.

OK, will try it later (it's now past midnight here). Thank you.

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Just to let you know, that register thing worked. I deleted SortColumn value and Boinc created it. Thanks again :-)

Unless they've fixed it in Windows 8.1, the result will probably say

0xffffffff (4294967295)

which is a fancy way of saying minus one.

They've not fixed it, it's still fancy way.

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