Winamp query

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When I rip CDs onto my hard disk I painstakingly make sure each file's filename begins with the track number preceded by 0 so they appear in order in the directory listing. However, stupid Winamp seems to load them in some random order of its own whenever I enqueue a new directory into it. I don't know what it sorts them by - it's not track name, it's not filename, it seems completely random. It puts them back in order if I make it sort by filename, but I have to do it manually, after I've queued the tracks up. Is there no way to tell it to sort them automatically as it loads? I know there's an option called "When loading multiple files, sort files by name" in Options under Playlist, but toggling it on and off makes no discernible difference: it still sorts them by its own occult criteria!

No "switch to Foobar" replies please.
 
I use CDex and the filenames are all correct, I just don't understand what Winamp is sorting them by! It's not alphabetically by filename, and it's not alphabetically by track name.

I just noticed something interesting as well: if I enqueue a directory, it sorts them by no order... but if I select individual files and enqueue them, it sorts them by trackname properly!

How do I force it to sort files within directories as well? I sorted out all my music files into directories by artist and album specifically so I could just queue things up by selecting them all through explorer rather than have to rely on media libraries of players.
 
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