Windows 10: Windows File Explorer alphabetization error for file names with two or more words separate...

I recently noticed this weird error in the way File Explorer sorts filenames. Here is an example of what it produces;ccat sat on the matcat satcatThe correct order should be:ccatcat satcat sat on the matAs soon as a space appears in a name then File Explorer messes things up. A basic principle of character by character sorting is that if you have two strings of length n and m, where n<m, and where the first n characters in both strings are identical, then the shorter string is placed before the longer string.

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Prevent Explorer grouping folders and files separately

Hi, some ideas here:
How can I arrange files and folders alphabetically (Windows Explorer) - Windows 7 Help Forums

-including using Freecommander - freeware file manager.

This suggests a workaround using file explorer:
view folders and files together in alphabetical order instead of - Microsoft Community

Please read through for more.

Further:
Windows Explorer sorts files and folders separately - Super User

 

Locking the file explorer

After many failed attempts to disable the file explorer, automatic grouping of file names in alphabetical order suggested, the work around suggested fails miserably. Using the “group by” has been found to be completely incapable of working.
The “group by” procedure found online is”
1. Open the file explorer
2. Navigate to the folder containing the files to be renamed.
3. Click the view tab.
4. Click the down arrow to access the “Group by” pull down menu.
5. Clicking the “Date created” category or any other category except the “Name” category.
6. Again click the down arrow to access the “Group by” pull down menu
7. Click “None”
After manually changing the “File name” and clicking “Enter”. The “File name” category once again automatically reorganizes the in alphabetical order. In effect Steps 1 thru 7 accomplishes nothing.
Additionally, if I repeat the process in a folder containing nothing but “MP4 Video Files (VLC)” in the “Type” category” and run the “Group by” process it still continues to resort the names alphabetically. It then places a new blank Deltacad file into the Folder having files being renamed. It then launches and plays the changed video file with the VLC media player.

 

Sorting with File Explorer.

I tried the method that was complicated (3rd option) but fell over in second step as I could not find any "apply to folder button"'.

However, the simple put *.* in search bar, then sort results windows by date does the trick. It is slightly cumbersome as I have to do that each time I am selecting files (to upload to sharepoint) but a lot less hassle than I was having to scroll up and down between sorted file block and sorted folder block.

Many thanks.

M.