Yeah they can't be sorted amongst the other non-folder items, the folders will either be above or below the list of other things, but never mixed betwixt them.
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Anonymous
win 10 file explorer sort order (by date) is always folders first.
i prefer order by date, regardless of folder, shortcut or file...
OR folders last, by date
i think there is a date column select, then a secondary SHIFT column select... but.... i cant find it
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Anonymous
2022-03-19T00:00:06+00:00 well, actually im looking for MOST rec ent date first, at top, regardless of file or folder. currently i get folders only, down the list i get to shortcuts and files, even tho their date is much newer.
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@CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2022-03-18T20:32:02+00:00 If you switch into details view and click the "Date" column heading, it should surely get you into the "folders last, by date" that you were originally looking for.
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Anonymous
2022-03-18T20:25:57+00:00 thanx Cmdr, but i was recently using explorer and the sort order was very different.... i just bumped something and cant get it back, i guess.
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@CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-03-18T16:03:14+00:00 It is not possible to sort by more than one column at a time (no such feature as shift-select to choose another column). To my knowledge, Windows has no capability to sort folders amongst the files and will always group them together. I'll see if I can find any way around this and let you know if I find a method.