File Explorer sorting files issue

I don’t know why File Explorer is showing these files on top, as the “date created” is older
I rebuilt the index and it’s still doing the same.
I copied those two files at the top to another folder and it was sorted correctly.

Windows 10 Pro version 1909



Any help much appreciated

Berton said:

You can click each column heading to rearrange as desired, new at top or old at top. Same for the other column headings. It's just like doing it in a spreadsheet program like Excel.

I tried that to no avail. Thanks for your answer.

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Try3 said:

Antonio,

FE does not sort files & folders together. It sorts your files. It sorts your folders. Sometimes it shows all the files first & sometimes it shows all the folders first.

Denis

here it's showing these two misplaced files first (NTUSER.dat and Sti_Trace.log) then the rest of stuff is in proper order. I noticed these types of issues before on other computers too if I remember rightly, this makes me not trust File Explorer much really.
Thanks for your answer.

Try3 said:

Antonio,

In the diagram you posted, FE shows the files correctly sorted and then it shows the folders correctly sorted.

Nothing is misplaced.

Are we talking at cross-purposes?

Denis

You're right man, not thinking clearly today! Sorry I wasted your precious time guys.

Try3 said:

Antonio,

If you ever want to see both files and folders sorted together instead of separately then you can achieve this temporarily [and only temporarily] by putting

Code:

*

[an asterisk]
in the FE search box and searching on that. This sorted view will not be retained though, it is merely a search result.


Denis

Good to know. Thanks!