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One Drive - Default Sort Order

Anonymous
2022-02-01T11:24:36+00:00

Hi,

Until a few days ago our One Drive on a (Desktop HP PC not a phone) used to show files inside folders in the order "Modified & Decending", but now it keeps on going back to "Name & Ascending", so I need to keep on re-sorting every time open a folder.

Also, when I use the search function it re-sets to Name & Ascending from whichever order it was set to beforehand.

Effectively each folder used to remember the setting order it had been left in being "Modified & Decending" so that when it is re-opened it is in that order still, but now it simply won't.

I have searched old posts and it appears that there was a button "Save Sort Order" in the drop down sort menu, but this is no longer there.

This is not the case when I use the phone to look at One Drive files.

Does anyone know how to default set the Order within a file when accessing One Drive on a PC?

Thanks,

Peter

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-06T03:56:58+00:00

    When you go online to onedrive.live.com you see, perhaps, a bunch of folders that the user has set up. Let's say you open a folder. What you WANT to see is maybe SORT BY "name" then "descending." And great. You can do that. But what you CAN'T do is to save that sort order. And you USED to be able to do that. Now you have to re-sort how you want it to look each and every time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-29T00:47:38+00:00

    I have the same problem as Peter. The default sort order in onedrive.live.com is Name, Ascending with no way to save a different sort order. I have to change it everytime I go to the website. Three screen shots attached, if they help.

    I used to be able to have the sort order as descending and it would stay that way every time I went into the website.

    DonnaImage

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-01T17:44:54+00:00

    Hi,

    Though the question is not directed at me, maybe I can give some clarification. The problem is not in the Windows File Explorer, but in the web browser interface. I use Chrome, and I experience the exact same thing as HaynesFurnishers. I hope a fix is going to come soon.

    Tamás

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-03T17:10:25+00:00

    Hi Peter,

    I'm writing this reply to follow up on this thread. When you have time, you are welcome to come back and share any updates here.

    Regards,

    George

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-01T12:53:15+00:00

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks for posting in the community.

    According to your description, my understanding is when you re-open the OneDrive local sync folder, the sort setting restores, and the sort setting changes to Name & Ascending when you search.

    If my understanding is right, I can’t reproduce the same situation. The sort setting in the File Explorer works well when I reopen the OneDrive local sync folder. May I reconfirm you mean the sort settings in the File Explorer or in OneDrive for Web?

    If you mean the sort settings in the File Explorer (OneDrive local sync folder), the issue is related to the Windows system, I would like to suggest you post a new thread under our Windows category.

    If you mean the sort settings in OneDrive for Web, please provide some screenshots for us to better understand.

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    George

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