Windows explorer sort order change

It shows registry edits which can be modified. I'd also advise re-posting to TechNet forum for assistance. Thanks Thanks. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Just to be on the safe side, you should make a backup of your system, especially if you are going to be using the registry edit method.

If you want to have a full backup on hand, check out the article " Restore Windows 8 with System Image Recovery ," where I showed you how to create a system image. If you already have a current system image, you may simply want to create a restore point as I showed you in the article, " Use System Restore as a recovery tool in Windows 8.

If you have Windows 8. If you have one of the other versions of Windows 8. If you have access to the Local Group Policy Editor, you can use it to make the change. Then, type gpedit. In a moment, the Local Group Policy Editor window will appear on the screen. Now, navigate down the Local Computer Policy tree using the following path:.

When you open the File Explorer folder, as shown in Figure C , locate and double-click the Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer option. When you do, you'll see the Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer dialog box. To continue, select Enabled, as shown in Figure D. You'll then need to Sign out and then Sign in again. You don't need to restart to activate the change, although you can if you want. To return to the numerical sorting system, just change the Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer setting to Disabled.

Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Stefan Stefan Otherside Otherside 2, 21 21 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges. I also posted a related question with additional hints and pitfalls: Sorting strings is much harder than you thought. Carl Seleborg Carl Seleborg This is a try to implement it in Java: Java - Sort Strings like Windows Explorer In short it splits the two Strings to compare in Letter - Digit Parts and compares this parts in a specific way to achieve this kind of sorting.

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This seemed to work best for me: Open My Documents folder, Select View - Details Either A move Date column to the far left or B right click on date column, select "More" and move Date to the very top Move Up button Click on Date to sort by most recent Select View - Options Select View tab, Apply to all folders This will always sort folders for that document type by date since it is the first column and saved as default view.

Improve this answer. Jim Jim 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Only solution here that works for me Windows 7 — Stenemo. JW 5, 3 3 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 43 43 bronze badges. This might have to be renewed from time to time, because Windows has a short memory.

I know he's technically right, but it's just a little abnormal to ask a to my opinion very very simple question and answer it within 2 minutes. Ivo: Happens all the time when you're "stuck" and then figure something out, in my experience. Show 4 more comments.