Mmm, he has done a 'sort by name'.
IE won't do this by default so, a way out could be to create a new favourites folder and move everthing into it, then move it back out again into the default mode.
On the other hand - FireFox IS the answer. You can import your bookmarks. With FF, you can then 'Organise' them EXACTLY back how they were. You may have to do this one-at-a-time though. It's just a case then of re-importing them back into IE.
IE won't do this by default so, a way out could be to create a new favourites folder and move everthing into it, then move it back out again into the default mode.
On the other hand - FireFox IS the answer. You can import your bookmarks. With FF, you can then 'Organise' them EXACTLY back how they were. You may have to do this one-at-a-time though. It's just a case then of re-importing them back into IE.