Windows 10: Any way to sort files with dates in the name?

Discus and support Any way to sort files with dates in the name? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have a folder of Georges Braque's works, all of them JPG images with their titles formatted "Title-Year of creation-Painting medium". I want to sort... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Nebzilla, Jun 25, 2019.

  1. Nebzilla Win User

    Any way to sort files with dates in the name?


    I have a folder of Georges Braque's works, all of them JPG images with their titles formatted "Title-Year of creation-Painting medium". I want to sort these paintings by their year, but the year is in the middle of the title, not the front. The dates are all four digit years beginning with "19" and are the only numbers in their respective image titles. There are no "date taken" data on the images and the date created/updated data are all the same (they don't correspond to the painting's actual publishing date).

    I was thinking that there should be some way to automatically change every image's title so that the year is at the front, then sort alphabetically. Is there a tool in Windows's file system that could help me here? Otherwise, do you think I could write a program to put every painting's date in the front of the title?

    If all else fails, I could just manually rename the images, but that would be incredibly tedious.

    :)
     
    Nebzilla, Jun 25, 2019
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  2. How to sort photos in Windows essentials photo gallery.

    Hi John,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you want to sort your pictures in the way you want them. Kindly take note that the only options to sort your photos in Photo Gallery are the following:

    • Date taken
    • Date modified
    • File size
    • Image size
    • Rating
    • Caption
    • File name
    Also I suggest follow the below steps.

    Press ALT + W + K, one after other & check if the photos are shown in the order they were taken.

    I hope this helps.

    Thanks & regards.

    Mohammed Ali.
     
    Mohammed AliAli, Jun 25, 2019
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  3. Graeme.P Win User
    Sort by date added to folder

    Hi there, thanks for your question.

    In File Explorer, all sorting options can be viewed by following these steps:

    - Open the folder and right click inside of it, not on a file.

    - Go to Sort by > More.

    This brings up a list of all possibilities of what to sort by. It doesn't look like there's an options for "date added to folder", but one of the other Date options may help, such as Date Created. You could create a copy of the file and move it in, so that
    the date created matches the date added to the folder?

    Please let me know if you need more information! Thanks!
     
    Graeme.P, Jun 25, 2019
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  4. 409409409 Win User

    Any way to sort files with dates in the name?

    Sort files AND folders by "Date Modified" in File Explorer

    Hello,

    Is there a way to sort folders and individual files by "Date Modified" together? Right now, when I sort by "Date Modified," folders are automatically put at the bottom below files, even if they have been modified more recently than a file. When I'm quickly
    scanning a list, this is very distracting. How can I fix this?
     
    409409409, Jun 25, 2019
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