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Explorer filename sorting - disable ignoring of the hyphen ("-") char ?
Hello All,
My previous subject "Explorer filename sorting problem - NoStrCmpLogical already present" has evolved into a much simpler one: How do I get XP's explorer (but the "dir" command too!) to stop ignoring the minus sign inside filenames 60.00.00.32.dds 60.00.00.32.msh 60.00.00.32.nif 60.00.32.32.dds 60.00.-32.32.dds 60.00.32.32.msh 60.00.-32.32.msh 60.00.32.32.nif 60.00.-32.32.nif the reason why the above is "sorted" as it is -- with the third column showing an interleaved "33" and "-32" -- is because the minus sign is regarded as a hyphen (a word-coupling character) and ignored. The above list than translates to: 60.00.00.32.dds 60.00.00.32.msh 60.00.00.32.nif 60.00.32.32.dds 60.00.32.32.dds 60.00.32.32.msh 60.00.32.32.msh 60.00.32.32.nif 60.00.32.32.nif .... which makes (some sort of) sense. But as those "-" characters inthge first list are *NOT* hypens (but minus-signs) that second list isn't reflecting the meaning of the filenames contents. :-( tl;dr: How do I get XP's explorer (and "dir" command too) to stop ignoring the minus sign inside filenames. Or more in general: How do I stop it from treating *any* character specially, and just sort all of them on their binary value. Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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