sort order

The latest feature update to Windows 10, version 21H2, KB4023057, installed on ‎25/07/2022 and took five and a half hours. It messed up my computer in many ways so I reverted to the pre latest feature update (under Settings/Recovery). This feature update is poised to install once more, and...

Every program I run from file manager to q-dir is sorting windows folder by weeks. I have to manually go to view and then select group by none. Whenever I enter the new folder I have to start the entire process all over again. In file explorer folder options it only gives me the option to reset...

in File Explorer in a separate folder: create 22 folders and 23 txt files name each txt file with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character !#$%&(),.'-;@[]^_`{}~+= name each folder with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character '-!#$%&(),;@[]^_`{}~+= . is not valid for folders I...

I'll try to explain this as well as I can. I save a lot of folders on my desktop. For the most part they are sorted alphabetically, from A to Z, with no problem. For the last several months, if something is named numerically, they are saved backwards. In other words, if I have files named 001...

In Windows Explorer in WinXP, if you selected some files, then changed the sort order, the files would remain selected. In Win7, the files are deselected when you change the sort order. Is there a way to ensure the files stay selected when changing the sort order? A registry setting or an option...

In all previous Windows I have been able to move the games icons around to put the most frequently played games first. I haven't found a way to do this in Windows 7. You are obliged to sort in some logical order such as file name, date, size etc. Have I missed something?

Hi, I was able to successfully save the sort order in windows file explorer by date....however, when i go into Excel and click on the open dialogue box it always reverts back to sorting by file name. Can anyone help here? Thanks, Ezra

I just installed Windows 7. I can't seem to manually change the order of icons in my folders. I am bound by using the sort by name/size/date etc. How do I just change the order by drag and dropping the items?

Are you also incredibly annoyed how XP's Windows Explorer displays its file list order differently than every other application? For example (by name): Try this in Windows Explorer: 97thaps.jpg 306thcds.jpg But, what I would like to see is: 306thcds.jpg 97thaps.jpg Well, You can finally fix...