Keith,
Yes, I find the same.
- All the other fields that I tested sort properly and retain the sort order when I return to the folder concerned.
- Contributing artist field sorts properly at first but has lost the sorting when I return to the folder [they revert to no sort field being identified but actually sorted in Name order].
- I tested all the dozen or so folders in which I have a variety of Contributing artist names and they all revealed the same symptom.
Denis
Thanks for testing. Like I said, I'll probe/test/play more tomorrow. Getting punchy. Going to see what I can figure out about how sort is coded in the Bags subkeys:
Code:$bags = 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags' gci $bags -recurse | ?{$_.PSChildName -like '{94d6ddcc-4a68-4175-a374-bd584a510b78}'} | %{ echo ("`n`t`t`t--> {0} <--" -f $_.PSPath.Split('\\')[10]) gp $_.PSPath | select -expand sort | format-hex }
Code:--> 101 <-- Path: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 .... --> 102 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 0D 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 —Ɔö........ --> 105 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 .... --> 106 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 04 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 02 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 —Ɔö.........7£V 00000030 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 97 C6 86 F6 04 00 00 00 œÎÒ.Ÿ..`—Ɔö.... 00000040 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000050 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 30 F1 25 B7 —Ɔö........0ñ%· 00000060 EF 47 1A 10 A5 F1 02 60 8C 9E EB AC 0A 00 00 00 ïG..¥ñ.`Œžë¬.... 00000070 01 00 00 00 .... --> 117 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 .... --> 118 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 03 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 —Ɔö.........7£V 00000030 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 œÎÒ.Ÿ..`—Ɔö.... 00000040 01 00 00 00 30 F1 25 B7 EF 47 1A 10 A5 F1 02 60 ....0ñ%·ïG..¥ñ.` 00000050 8C 9E EB AC 0A 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 Œžë¬........ --> 119 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 04 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 02 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 —Ɔö.........7£V 00000030 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 97 C6 86 F6 04 00 00 00 œÎÒ.Ÿ..`—Ɔö.... 00000040 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000050 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 30 F1 25 B7 —Ɔö........0ñ%· 00000060 EF 47 1A 10 A5 F1 02 60 8C 9E EB AC 0A 00 00 00 ïG..¥ñ.`Œžë¬.... 00000070 01 00 00 00 .... --> 120 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 01 00 00 00 E0 85 9F F2 F9 4F 68 10 AB 91 08 00 ....à…ŸòùOh.«‘.. 00000020 2B 27 B3 D9 02 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 +'³Ù........ --> 121 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF —Ɔö........ --> 122 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 03 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 04 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 2E 37 A3 56 —Ɔö.........7£V 00000030 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 œÎÒ.Ÿ..`—Ɔö.... 00000040 FF FF FF FF 30 F1 25 B7 EF 47 1A 10 A5 F1 02 60 ....0ñ%·ïG..¥ñ.` 00000050 8C 9E EB AC 0A 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF Œžë¬........ --> 128 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 03 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 .....7£VœÎÒ.Ÿ..` 00000020 97 C6 86 F6 04 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 2E 37 A3 56 —Ɔö.........7£V 00000030 9C CE D2 11 9F 0E 00 60 97 C6 86 F6 07 00 00 00 œÎÒ.Ÿ..`—Ɔö.... 00000040 01 00 00 00 30 F1 25 B7 EF 47 1A 10 A5 F1 02 60 ....0ñ%·ïG..¥ñ.` 00000050 8C 9E EB AC 0A 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 Œžë¬........ --> 129 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 .... --> 13 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 .... --> 130 <-- 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000010 00 00 00 00 ....
Keith, thanks - that does work. I can remember now, before this latest traunch of file management, that I used to use Album Artist and it wasn't a problem then. Can't remember why I changed to "contributing...".
That looks like my solution but leaves one question. Why on earth does column "Name" take over when using "Contributin.." whilst not doing so for "Album Artist". Who the hell designs something like that ............. ah yes - Microsoft!
And thanks everyone for the other suggestions, esp for the alternatives to WE.
I'll play with this, working as previously intended, before logging this as "solved"
Last edited by SeaFury; 16 Mar 2020 at 04:32.
It's not that complicated. Download the portable app and run it. Then Tools> Addons> Get Addons
In the search box search for "Remember folder view settings" and install it.
Nothing like sheltering-in-place to investigate those pesky REG_BINARY values. I'll post more details later, but I found two work-arounds this apparent bug.
The first is quite easy. After clicking the Contributing Artist column header to set the primary sort, Shift+click another column header to set a secondary sort. This is sufficient to overirde the faulty quaternary sort created by clicking only the Contributing Artist column.
Another way to impose sort by Contributing Artist is by creating a custom TopView for the Music FolderType with a .reg file:
If this method is used, be sure to clear any previous custom default with this PowerShell:Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURREENT_uSER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{94d6ddcc-4a68-4175-a374-bd584a510b78}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}] "ColumnList"="prop:0System.ItemNameDisplay;0System.Music.TrackNumber;0System.Title;0System.Music.Artist;0System.Music.AlbumTitle;1System.ItemTypeText;1System.Size;1System.DateCreated;1System.DateModified;1System.Music.AlbumArtist;1System.Audio.EncodingBitrate;1System.Music.Genre;1System.Media.Duration;1System.DRM.IsProtected;1System.Rating;1System.Media.Year" "LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001 "Name"="NoName" "Order"=dword:00000000 "SortByList"="prop:System.Music.Artist"
Further customization of the view can be accomplished by modifying these values or iteractive adjustment of a new folder & then the execution of Apply to Folders.Code:rp -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults\ -Name '{94D6DDCC-4A68-4175-A374-BD584A510B78}'
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