Winxp SP1: Sort file by date, but folders first.

[bcb]

Hi folks!

You know how in Win95/98/ME in the file explorer,when you sort files by
date, folders are listed first and then the files. When using the details
view and you want to sort dates in descending order with WinXP the files are
listed first and then the folders Anyway to get the old behavior of Win9X
back? I have to move and organize many new files into some subfolders, I
hate dragging all files way to the bottom to find the folders. And please no
3rd party apps ;-)

Thanks very much :-)

[bcb]

Just for note. Some other folks have had the same question
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=windowsxp+sort+date+files+first+folders

but so far none there doesn't seem to be a working suggestion. Is it
possible to contact Microsoft and try to explain the problem to them?

Thanks!

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Right click in a blank area of the right pane of the Explorer window and
select Arrange Icons and make sure that Show in Groups is not checked.

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"bcb" > wrote in message
...
> Hi folks!
>
> You know how in Win95/98/ME in the file explorer,when you sort files by
> date, folders are listed first and then the files. When using the details
> view and you want to sort dates in descending order with WinXP the files
are
> listed first and then the folders Anyway to get the old behavior of Win9X
> back? I have to move and organize many new files into some subfolders, I
> hate dragging all files way to the bottom to find the folders. And please
no
> 3rd party apps ;-)
>
> Thanks very much :-)
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click the Date Modified header, so the arrow is pointing up. You may still
have some mixed results, but I don't see any here.

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"bcb" > wrote in message
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> Hi Doug.
>
> Nice of you to reply MS-MVP :)
>
> > Right click in a blank area of the right pane of the Explorer window and
> > select Arrange Icons and make sure that Show in Groups is not checked.
>
> "Show in Groups" is not checked. Anything else I can check? it seems to me
> that this is designed by default, if so, then I wonder why Microsoft did
> that. Then again it might have been an oversight.
>
> I attached a gif screen shot. As they say, a picture is worth a 1000
words.
>
>
>

[bcb]

> Click the Date Modified header, so the arrow is pointing up. You may
still
> have some mixed results, but I don't see any here.
But then the dates will be ordered in ascending order. Why when you sort by
the date by descending do the folders list on the bottom. Would you know how
I can contact Microsoft to ask them about this? it seems to me that this is
an oversight on their part.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;oasoem

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"bcb" > wrote in message
...
> > Click the Date Modified header, so the arrow is pointing up. You may
> still
> > have some mixed results, but I don't see any here.
> But then the dates will be ordered in ascending order. Why when you sort
by
> the date by descending do the folders list on the bottom. Would you know
how
> I can contact Microsoft to ask them about this? it seems to me that this
is
> an oversight on their part.
>
>

[bcb]

Thanks :-)