Opa, muito obrigado por responder.
no caso o query está assim :
$query="SELECT * FROM folders WHERE id IN ('".$folders."') ORDER BY name ASC";
dai devo colocar assim :
$query="SELECT * FROM folders WHERE id IN ('".$folders."') ORDER BY name ASC != 'papel'";
Obrigado.
O script está assim:
if($level!="user"){
		   $upload_dirs="";
		   $query="SELECT * FROM folders ORDER BY name ASC";
		   $result=mysql_query($query) or die("error getting folders from database"); while($rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
				$upload_dirs .= "<option value='".$rr["name"]."' ".($upload_dir==$rr["name"]?"selected":"").">".$rr["name"]."</option>";
		   }	
		} else {
			/*
			$q="SELECT upload_dirs FROM users WHERE id='".$_SESSION["idUser"]."'";
			$res=mysql_query($q);
			$rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($res);
			$folders = str_replace(',',"','",$rr["upload_dirs"]);
			$query="SELECT * FROM folders WHERE id IN ('".$folders."') ORDER BY name ASC";
		   $result=mysql_query($query) or die("error getting folders from database"); while($rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
				$upload_dirs .= "<option value='".$rr["name"]."' ".($upload_dir==$rr["name"]?"selected":"").">".$rr["name"]."</option>";
		   }	*/
		   	if(!stristr($access,"i")){ //if user cant see all files
				$q="SELECT upload_dirs FROM users WHERE id='".$_SESSION["idUser"]."'";
				$res=mysql_query($q);
				$rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($res);
				$folders = str_replace(',',"','",$rr["upload_dirs"]);
				$query="SELECT * FROM folders WHERE id IN ('".$folders."') ORDER BY name ASC";
			   $result=mysql_query($query) or die("error getting folders from database"); while($rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
					$upload_dirs .= "<option value='".$rr["name"]."' ".($upload_dir==$rr["id"]?"selected":"").">".$rr["name"]."</option>";
			   }	
			} else {
				$query="SELECT * FROM folders ORDER BY name ASC";
			   $result=mysql_query($query) or die("error getting folders from database"); while($rr=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
					$upload_dirs .= "<option value='".$rr["name"]."' ".($upload_dir==$rr["id"]?"selected":"").">".$rr["name"]."</option>";
			   }
			}
		}