Not the answer youre looking for Browse other questions tagged windows-7 windows-explorer or ask your own question.A clunky solution for win7 is suggested to me by another superuser post, making use of the group by capabilities.
If the file attributes are displayed in explorer (e.g. With this, I can get folders to appear at the top, and files underneath this arranged by date. When Ive reached the folder I want however, I usually will be wanting to access the most recently modified file. So having folders and recently modified files at the top saves scrolling. Simply disable the preview pane temporarily with Alt P before sorting. The preview pane can then be re-enabled and the sort method will remain. I know Im a little late, but what is happening when you Shift Click on Name Is that the secondary sort or something. I always have the problem with folders appearing before my files. It seems when you arrange by date, folders are displayed at the top regardless of the direction of arrangement. When you arrange by date modified, folders are always at the bottom in descending order. Please remember that Date works differently than Date modified. Sort By Date Modified Folders First Download A DocumentIf you download a document from the internet today, the file could have been last saved a year ago. Date modified will use the date the file was copied to your computer. Thus, its important to realize that recently downloaded files may OR MAY NOT be near the topbottom of the list when sorted by Data. Your command worked, but how do I make it apply to Windows Explorer. Now they only stay on top if I use a library view, otherwise they flop sides as you indicate. Im pretty sure of this change, I nearly always sort by Date modified descending to grab the most recently built output so the change was immediately apparent and jarring to my process. I can leave the folder and come back to the same sorting behavior. Same with the folders, the most recent will be at the top of the folders. Sixpence none the richer best rarI must have skipped the part in that answer that was the same as mine. If I had noticed it, I probably would not have posted an answer. The reputation requirement helps protect this question from spam and non-answer activity.
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