Windows 10: Sort folders by date in name

Is it possible to sort my folders by dates in their names? They're named in DDMM format, e.g. 22.10. Ty

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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!

 

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

 

Sort folders by name, but files inside by date?

Hi, I've recently ran into a conundrum that I can't find a solution to. I am trying to organise my collection of photographs. Since a lot of photos only have a random set of letters and numbers for a name (such as IMG_78953), it makes sense to order them in their folders by the date the photos were created. HOWEVER, it also makes sense to sort FOLDERS in alphabetic order for easier search and access. So far, I coudln't achieve both at the same time.

I can either sort photos by date and then all the folders are sorted by date as well, making it impossible to find anything when needed, or sort folders in my catalogue by name, and then all the photographs are arranged in alphabetical order as well, making it, again, impossible to find anything. I have around 20.000 photos and 80 folders. Opening each folder separately and manually setting the sort order inside is not an option.

Is there a way to set the order of FOLDERS separately from the order of the FILES? Thanks in advance for any info.