> Thanks for the reply zach. I drag the songs I want to sync to the right
> "sync area" and I click shuffle now, or something to that effect. The
> songs
> suffieciently shuffle as veiwed in the list on the right side of WMP11.
>
> Then I click the "Sync" button at the bottom and a new window appears with
> all the songs listed in the ORIGINAL order as when I dragged them to the
> sync
> window. Syncing has begun by now, and I can no longer shuffle the songs
> in
> this window.
>
> The songs are coming from a WHS box so perhaps after "shuffling", I am not
> waiting long enough for the files to actually "move around"? Not sure.
>
> BTW, the songs appear (are copied to) on the device in the order they were
> synced...i.e., NOT shuffled.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Which order are you referring: the files that are copied to the device,
>> are
>> *how* the files are listed on the device?
>>
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>> See
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>> "Keith" <Keith[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8DB76C6E-B3BC-40DF-9C5B-DC9DFD7C494E[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Hello. Odd issue that is irritating to me. I use an 8gb USB flash
>> > drive
>> > to
>> > sync to for mobile listening. I always hit the "Shuffle Now" dialog
>> > before
>> > syncing, but the "shuffle" never "sticks". When I push "sync", the
>> > songs
>> > revert back to the original order (which invariably is sorted by
>> > artist).
>> > Very frustrating minor issue.
>> >
>> > BTW, I am using the 64bit version. Not sure if it actually works any
>> > better
>> > than the 32bit on my Vista Ultimate box, but read somewhere how to make
>> > the
>> > 64 bit the "default" so I did.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions? Revert back to 32 bit and see if it has the problem?
>> > Anything else?
>>