folders sort after files
When in "details" view I click on "name", "Date Modified" to sort the files, folders get sorted below the files.
See the attached video.
How do I prevent that ?
I want folders to remain at the top at all times.
If you click on "date modified" or "date created", Windows takes no account of whether it's a file or a folder - it sorts all of them according to the date/time criteria only. You can't have it both ways.
If you want all folders together, above the files, date/time criteria must be ignored, so you simply click on the "Name" column.
You can't have it in name order and in date order at the same time - impossible.
Click on "Date Modified" a second time and the folders will sort in reverse order, with the folders at the top as required. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
Are you sure there is no some registry key that I can change in order to tweak it ?
Not to my knowledge - it's just built into Windows. Did clicking it twice not achieve what you wanted - it should have put the folders up top and sorted in date/time order?
Not much consolation but its far worse with Vista onwards. That darned auto-sort near makes file handling impossible without third party software.
Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
I know that, of course.
And about Vista on - there is much I don't like about these OSes, that's why I'm sticking to XP
I think #2 says it all - Files and Folders are treated the same. This has been the same since Win 9x and is fundamental to the design of Windows.
If there was a registry fix for that it would be common knowledge by now.