Windows 10: Clicking on "Date Modified" fails to sort by date

I a directory of a large number files clicking "date modified" is not sorting the files with the most recently filed listed first.

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Sort by 'Date Modified' but keep folders at the top?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that after recent update when you sort the files by Date Modified, the folders are listed at the bottom. We would like to know which update was installed on the computer, to check go to
Start >> Settings >> Update & Security >> Windows Update >> View update history.



However, you can go ahead and try the following steps and see if that helps in listing the folders at top:

1. Open File Explorer and navigate to the location where your files are stored.
   
2. Sort files by Date Modified (Recent files first).
   
3. Hold Shift key and click on the
   Name column. This will bring folders at the top with files sorted with Date Modified.
   

Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

folder sorting by date modified

Hi wingocustom

Open the downloads folder in File Explorer

On the View Tab, choose Group By - None

Then set the view to Details and click on the Date Modified to toggle the sort by date modified ascending or descending . . .

 

folder sorting by date modified

might seem stupid but i just got a new laptop and ran into this problem when trying to set up.

one of the things i need is to sort files in the 'downloads' folder by date modified, so i can find the ones most recently downloaded at the top. However, i found this was not the case when i pressed the 'date modified'column. It is sort by date, but primarily
by 'type' first. Which means files are first grouped by type THEN by date modified.

please how do i fix this so it disregards the type and sort purely by date modified???