# Windows Menu File Sorting MBS

**URL:** https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752
**Category:** Floating Topics
**Tags:** mbs
**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752 "2025-03-17T19:40:47Z")
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### Author: ![OceanWest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ce7236/32.png) [@OceanWest](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/OceanWest)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752/1 "2025-03-17T19:40:47Z")

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The latest version of MBS stopped sorting the list of files in the windows menu is there a setting I am not seeing?

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### Author: ![MonkeybreadSoftware](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/monkeybreadsoftware/32/361_2.png) [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752/2 "2025-03-17T20:00:30Z")

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Yes, got a lot of complains when it freezes FileMaker Pro.  
So it's off by default.

If you like to enable it:

MBS( "SyntaxColoring.SortMenuEntries.SetEnabled"; 1 )

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### Author: ![weetbicks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/weetbicks/32/206_2.png) [@weetbicks](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/weetbicks)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752/3 "2025-03-20T19:14:14Z")

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@MonkeybreadSoftware

Can you confirm whether this freezing issue is also related to an issue where FileMaker will freeze immediately after entering field definitions after selecting a window? I was using the older MBS version and was constantly getting beachball freezes once I went into field definitions.

This only occurred after selecting a file from the window menu and then going into its field definitions. Didn't happen every time but quite often.

After updating to the latest MBS version, I have not seen it yet, and wondering if this is the freeze discussed?

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### Author: ![MonkeybreadSoftware](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/monkeybreadsoftware/32/361_2.png) [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-menu-file-sorting-mbs/4752/4 "2025-03-20T19:35:14Z")

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Yes, this also happened with database definition dialog.  
FileMaker updates the menu, we sort and that caused a problem for some users.

You can use Activity Monitor to sample process for FileMaker. In the sample, you see the menu being updated while it is constructed.

So I disabled the feature by default until we know a way to make it safer.