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You have to disable numerical sort to get the correct order. More details and instructions here:
You may also disable numerical sort using my free WinSetView app. More details here:
changing the sort order for files and folders
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Anonymous
Don't know how you define these two ways of sorting, but I need to sort my files -
not in this manner (current) >
7
10
90
111
But in this >
10
111
7
90
I presume (hope!) it's a simple registry tweak.
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Ramesh Srinivasan
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Hi stormthedog, This is Ramesh.
You can turn off the numerical sorting using the "NoStrCmpLogical" registry edit.
Please see:
https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&...
and
windows - Unable to disable numerical sorting in File Explorer - Super User:
https://superuser.com/a/1656233/542839
In the Registry Editor, create the registry DWORD 32-bit value "NoStrCmpLogical" in one of the following keys and and set its data to "1".
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Logoff and login again for the change to take effect.
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