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The original poster is experiencing difficulty sorting .HTM files and their corresponding folders so that they appear next to each other in alphabetical order within Windows 7 Ultimate, as folder icons seem to group folders separately from files. A reply clarifies that Windows sorts folders and files differently for user convenience, and although files can be grouped together with files, it isn't possible to make Windows treat folders and files as identical for sorting purposes. Overall, the thread communicates a common sorting limitation in Windows with no simple solution provided.
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gringuk

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I am using WIN 7 Ultimate and have a folder (FOLDER-A) containing about 160 .HTM documents and their corresponding FILES folders from documents I have downloaded from the internet.

I am trying to sort these by name within the containing folder (FOLDER-A) so that each .HTM document appears next to its corresponding FILES folder but:--
  • as their names are all preceded by either an .HTM icon or a FILES/folder icon, the sort process includes these icons as part of the name with the result that all the FILES folders sort together in a block (in alphabetical order) followed by all the HTM documents sorted together in a block (also ordered alphabetically).

I have looked in the "Folder Options" menu for ways to eliminate the icon from each file/folder name but can find nothing. I have checked the "Properties" of the .HTMs and FILES but can see nothing that touches on this subject.

Renaming the files/folders to exclude the icons does not seem possible - at least, I couldn't manage it!

I have checked in many parts of the Local Group Policy Editor but can see nothing that seems relevant!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 

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It's not the icon. Windows treats folders differently than files, grouping them together for your convenience. There are options that will display all of the files in sort order regardless of where they are in the folder structure. You can group files and folders by name, which will get you closer, but within the groups, the folders will be together. I have not found a way to get Windows to treat folders like files for sorting purposes, mixing folders and files in alphabetical order.
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It's not the icon. Windows treats folders differently than files, grouping them together for your convenience. There are options that will display all of the files in sort order regardless of where they are in the folder structure. You can group files and folders by name, which will get you closer, but within the groups, the folders will be together. I have not found a way to get Windows to treat folders like files for sorting purposes, mixing folders and files in alphabetical order.
 

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