Organise catalog by file name

I wish to organize my catalog by file name not by the metadata from the photo. I am scanning all my slides dating back from 1977 to electronic form and do not wish my 1977 photos to appear as 2014 photos. I use a file name of yyyy/mm/dd followed by shot number to organise my photos but I cannot get the organizer to do this!! I do NOT wish to create albums for my library (I have already done that in their file organisation to begin with!) Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Peter

Peter
Thanks for the Premiere Elements and computer information.
As for Sort By: including
Name
Newest
Oldest
Import Batch
I find that only in my version 12/12.1 Windows.
In version 11 Windows, there is only
Sort By:
Newest
Oldest
Batch
I have seen no Sort By: in version 10,
but I wonder, with the way you have named your files, would it not work for you
a. View Menu/with Show Files Names selected
and
b. Setting for Newest or Oldest?
ATR
Add On...could you point me to where you are reading about
"All the helps and FAQ's mention something about file/manage"?

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Hi all,
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Why is this happening? And can I fix it so that it doesn't happen when I next import photos into iPhoto?
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Should I just stop using iPhoto?
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