Windows 10: Sort files in Explorer folder view by "Date Added to This Folder"

Discus and support Sort files in Explorer folder view by "Date Added to This Folder" in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I'm manually copying a large number of files from one folder to another. The folder names, modified date, and creation date are all irrelevant for... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by TroyGBiv, May 17, 2022.

  1. TroyGBiv Win User

    Sort files in Explorer folder view by "Date Added to This Folder"


    I'm manually copying a large number of files from one folder to another. The folder names, modified date, and creation date are all irrelevant for keeping track of where I am in the process. The only sort option that would be useful to me is "Date/Time the file was added to this folder." I'm not able to find anything like that in the More... options for sorting by details.

    :)
     
    TroyGBiv, May 17, 2022
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  2. 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, May 17, 2022
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  3. Sort by date added to folder

    Sorry - it seems I'm not explaining myself well. I know I can add different columns, what I do not know is if there is a column that will allow you to sort by date added.

    What I mean by that is:

    Lets say that at 9am this morning I added the file cats.jpg to a folder that is full of pictures. Then at 3pm I added the file dogs.jpg. I now want to sort the folder by the date that the file was added. So it would list first dogs.jpg, then cats.jpg
    and on through all the files. Note this is when added, rather than when created/modified/last accessed.

    I've tried lots of different columns with date in them, and none of them seem to be doing what I need. I'm not sure if I'm missing something (because responses to this question suggest it can be done), or if it's actually not possible to know when a file
    was added to a folder (as opposed to created).
     
    Mem_123412, May 17, 2022
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  4. Sort files in Explorer folder view by "Date Added to This Folder"

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

    There is no option in Explorer to sort folders with files for any property in a regular Explorer view. So your options are:

    • A third-party file manager that has this option.
    • PowerShell: using a command like:

      gci | sort LastWriteTime
    • Using Explorer's Search bar

    If you type an asterisk (*) in the Search bar of an Explorer window, the results will be all files and folders in the folder
    as well as all subfolders. But you can then use Group by -> Folder Path and right-click
    on a Group heading and select Collapse all groups and then expand only your target folder. As with a normal Explorer view, column headers in Detail view can be clicked to sort on that column.

    Keith
     
    Keith A. Miller, May 17, 2022
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