diff -ru filter.orig/source/config/cache/typedetection.cxx filter/source/config/cache/typedetection.cxx
--- filter.orig/source/config/cache/typedetection.cxx	2010-01-14 16:09:44.000000000 +0000
+++ filter/source/config/cache/typedetection.cxx	2010-01-14 16:10:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -609,6 +609,36 @@
         return sal_False;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+    bool CSVAtStart(const rtl::OUString &rLHS, const rtl::OUString &rRHS)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCompare = rLHS.compareTo(rRHS);
+        if (nCompare != 0)
+        {
+            if (rRHS.equalsAscii("Text - txt - csv (StarCalc)"))
+                return false;
+            else if (rLHS.equalsAscii("Text - txt - csv (StarCalc)"))
+                return true;
+        }
+        return nCompare < 0;
+    }
+
+    bool TextFormatDetectorAtEnd(const rtl::OUString &rLHS, const rtl::OUString &rRHS)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCompare = rLHS.compareTo(rRHS);
+        if (nCompare != 0)
+        {
+            if (rRHS.equalsAscii("com.sun.star.text.FormatDetector"))
+                return true;
+            else if (rLHS.equalsAscii("com.sun.star.text.FormatDetector"))
+                return false;
+        }
+        return nCompare < 0;
+    }
+
+}
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------
     14.11.2003 12:11
 -----------------------------------------------*/
@@ -632,6 +662,9 @@
         lIProps[PROPNAME_DOCUMENTSERVICE] <<= sPreSelDocumentService;
         lFilters = m_rCache->getMatchingItemsByProps(FilterCache::E_FILTER, lIProps);
 
+        //#i96362#, place Filters into some deterministic order, ideally with CSV at the start
+        std::sort(lFilters.begin(), lFilters.end(), CSVAtStart);
+
         aLock.clear();
         // <- SAFE --------------------------
     }
@@ -864,6 +897,8 @@
     // SAFE -> ----------------------------------
     ::osl::ResettableMutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
     OUStringList lDetectors = m_rCache->getItemNames(FilterCache::E_DETECTSERVICE);
+    //#i96362#, place Detectors into some deterministic order, ideally with Writer's detect at the end
+    std::sort(lDetectors.begin(), lDetectors.end(), TextFormatDetectorAtEnd);
     aLock.clear();
     // <- SAFE ----------------------------------