Windows 10 Pro - Version 1903
Numerical sorting is turned on in group policy editor. Files are not sorting correctly. Decimal numbers are listed after whole numbers. Folders are sorting correctly. Number lists in Microsoft Office 2013 Word & Excel sort correctly. What could be causing this? Thanks.
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dalchina,
Thanks for the links but, they do not apply to my problem.
Unfortunately that policy makes no reference to decimal numbers:
The question arises as to how '.' is seen in this context- as a character or as a decimal point.This policy setting allows you to have file names sorted literally (as in Windows 2000 and earlier) rather than in numerical order.
If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer will sort file names by each digit in a file name (for example, 111 < 22 < 3).
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, File Explorer will sort file names by increasing number value (for example, 3 < 22 < 111).
The sort order is correct.
Numeric sorting was meant to sort files Like this:
File8
File9
File 100
Instead of
File100
File8
File9
It was never meant to work with numbers containing a decimal point. I have seen no documentation that says this is supported.
Maybe this??? Enable or Disable Numerical Sorting in File Explorer in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
I think that is what you already did, sorry.
Thanks for the responses. I guess I will have to live with the current Windows 10 numerical sorting implementation and hope for a more logical solution in the future. Thanks.
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