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How to disable the natural sort order Windows Explorer?

Example (left is natural sort order, right is the usual sort, i.e. lexicographical order):

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Reset to default
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Save as a .reg the following code, execute it, and restart explorer.exe:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Created by Vishal Gupta for AskVG.com
;Windows XP, Vista and 7
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

To restore the natural sort order: save as a .reg the following code, execute it, and restart explorer.exe:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00    
;Created by Vishal Gupta for AskVG.com
;Windows XP, Vista and 7
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=-
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