as the new post by krejt said they couldnt get the nicks to sort correctly based on how the new compiler libraries worked quote from krejt:
Khaled is now using Visual C++ .NET 7.0 to compile mIRC. This also means nicknames are sorted a bit different, nicks beginning with certain non-alphabetic characters eg. _ ' etc. are being placed above normal nicks. This appears to be the standard sorting method in Windows, which Visual C++ abides by consistently. It now applies to the whole of mIRC.
i would assume since thats changed there isnt the ability to change the sorting order back to the old method
