Sorting Files in a Folder

 

Folders (directories) may be sorted in Windows Explorer by name, size, type or date.

 

1Open Windows Explorer in one of the following ways:
Right-click the Windows Start button at the bottom left corner of your screen, then click click File Explorer or Explore or Open Windows Explorer (the terminology varies depending on which version of Windows you are using).
Press Windows+E (the Windows button on your keyboard and the E key).
If Windows Explorer is already open, click the Exploring icon on your Windows taskbar or hold down the Alt key while you repeatedly press the Tab key to scroll through open programs to Explorer.
2Use Windows Explorer to find the folder to be sorted. Click once on the folder name to highlight it. For instructions on how use Windows Explorer to find a file, see Displaying Folders and Files.
3Click View, Arrange icons and pull down the option you wish to sort by.

 

Folders may also be sorted for viewing from Nota Bene's Open File dialog..

 

1Click File, Open (or press Ctrl+O) to access the Open File dialog.
2Here you can view a tree of the selected drive and files contained within.
3Click on any of the column headings to sort your directory. Click again to sort in reverse order. Directories may be sorted by name, size, type, or modified dates and times.

 

The action line can also be used to sort files. See ORDER command.

 

See also:

Managing Files from Windows Explorer

Managing Files from Open File Dialog