Windows 10: Can't arrange folders by date

Discus and support Can't arrange folders by date in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; This seems like an easy one at first but not for me. I get play memories to download my photo's from my camera to the computer and it stores them all... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by sea skimmer, May 3, 2017.

  1. Can't arrange folders by date


    This seems like an easy one at first but not for me.
    I get play memories to download my photo's from my camera to the computer and it stores them all in a folder called camera photos. When looking at the sperate folders arranged by the date they are all out of order. I have gone to sort by and tried by date, date created, date modified and so on but the folders will not go in the order I want them. Example: 20 jan 2016...20 feb 2016....19 may 2017....23 june 2017 and so on..

    Here are my folders and if you look they are all out of order.

    Can't arrange folders by date [​IMG]


    Is there something obvious I'm missing?

    thanks.

    :)
     
    sea skimmer, May 3, 2017
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  2. bal39 Win User

    Still cannot sort pictures by actual date!

    I have found that when the pictures are copied to the library you can arrange them by exact date in the library. You must R. Click in a blank space where the pictures are and choose "Arrange by" >Day. But you cannot arrange them by the exact date from the
    default pictures folder in my PC. However, in some of the pictures folders in pictures library they will not arrange by date. I have no idea why.

    Also, in the default pictures folder in PC, there is not even an option to "Arrange by" when you R. click in the blank space where the pictures are located
     
    bal39, May 3, 2017
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  3. Photos Windows 10

    I uploaded photos from my galaxy s5. Photos are present but not not in folder that they are in my phone. They are listed by the dates that they were taken on the computer.

    My question is, is there a way to get the photos arranged back into their folders instead of being arranged by dates?

    Thank you in advance.
     
    clayatmillerOE, May 3, 2017
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Can't arrange folders by date

    I don't think there's a way to recognise the name as a date, if that's what you're hoping to achieve.

    Sorting by date created will look for the creation date- which may not be the same as the name. Or is the creation date of each folder actually the same as its name?

    Sorting by name will do this.
     
    dalchina, May 3, 2017
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  5. dalchina New Member
    Here I've set the creation data of one folder to match its name, and sorted the folders as you show (except it's ascending rather than descending)

    Can't arrange folders by date [​IMG]


    If you want to set the creation date of your folders, you can use this free utility:

    Can't arrange folders by date [​IMG]

    Home | Attribute Changer

    There are others. But for a lot of folders, could be a bit tiresome.
     
    dalchina, May 3, 2017
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  6. dalchina New Member
    Another approach would be to add a Comment to each folder, and sort by Comments

    To do this, you can use a utility called StyleFolder (free).
     
    dalchina, May 3, 2017
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  7. I was just wondering why its starts with say wed 12 April 2017 then march then April again? Shouldn't all the dates with April in them be together so it's in sequence like March, April, May and so on if they are the same year?
     
    sea skimmer, May 3, 2017
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  8. Bree New Member

    Can't arrange folders by date

    When I really need folders or file names to be in date order (eg. my backups) I give them names including the date that will the suit windows' sort order. Year first, them Month (in figures) then Day: yyyy-mm-dd. Does 'PlayMemories Home' have an option to choose the format of the folder names?
     
    Bree, May 3, 2017
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  9. I will have to have a look.
     
    sea skimmer, May 3, 2017
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  10. BulkFileChanger (free) from Nirsoft will also change attributes, it has drag and drop feature so bulk changing is easy peasy
    BulkFileChanger: Change date/time/attributes of multiple files

    *Ditto Year Month Day with leading zero is the way to go EG: 2017-05-06
    Also if you want to copy to another OS or send to friends etc there is no need to work out the formats just sort by name
     
    FrillyBits, Apr 4, 2018
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