Hi Richard:
Yes, I "got it sorted" last night.....in the real sense of the term.
I learned that if you go into each of the folders where the file order is "scrambled" and sort them by name alphabetically, then hold the "control" key at the same time as closing out Windows Explorer, the next time it opens everything is back to normal.
This also fixes the problem whenever you go to Open or Save a file in other programs.
A buddy passed along a rather neat webpage which is full of these sort of helpful tips. For the benefit of anyone that may stumble onto this thread in the future, here it is:
http://www.sacpcug.org/archives/0307/fafw.html
Sure is a good thing you protected me from the "heavies." I can't risk my Witness Protection Program status....LOL