How to keep sort order persistence in explorer

pepanee said:

Let me see if I can replicate what you're experiencing.

Sorry if I missed anything from above, but can you tell me the view setting of that folder?

Example:
I just set the View Settings of this folder, of a copy of ~2,500 wallpaper images I have, to Tiles



I even set the Sort By to the same as yours:



I closed the folder, and re-opened it. It loaded the folder in a split second in the correct view setting.


Is your folder exactly set up like this?

I know all that. (I used to work in IT)
The issue is it does not retain the setting.
Especially after a restart/reboot it defaults back again.

3Bit said:

When I open it respectively that specific folder, it first is always sorted by ascending (oldest date first) and then starts sorting the way I want it, hence the green bar. Why does it always go for a "default setting" I don't want neither ever asked for first and then waste my time sorting the way I want it.

Long shot: sorting by 'date' probably involves Explorer reading the EXIF data inside each file, and this can be slow on a slow device. Try selecting sort by 'date created' or 'date modified', which are in the file attributes, and may be much faster.

mngerhold said:

Long shot: sorting by 'date' probably involves Explorer reading the EXIF data inside each file, and this can be slow on a slow device. Try selecting sort by 'date created' or 'date modified', which are in the file attributes, and may be much faster.

Nope.
Sorting I am referring to sorting by create or modify (or size, or ext, or attrib)

3Bit said:

Nope.
Sorting I am referring to sorting by create or modify (or size, or ext, or attrib)

You may have run into the 5000 saved view limit or have some corruption in the BagMRU/Bags registry keys. You could delete those keys and then restart Explorer (or logout and login) and then it will probably start to behave correctly. But I would recommend using WinSetView instead. It will delete those keys, but will also let you set your preferred default views which, for most people, is much better than going back to Microsoft's defaults.

LesFerch said:

You may have run into the 5000 saved view limit or have some corruption in the BagMRU/Bags registry keys. You could delete those keys and then restart Explorer (or logout and login) and then it will probably start to behave correctly. But I would recommend using WinSetView instead. It will delete those keys, but will also let you set your preferred default views which, for most people, is much better than going back to Microsoft's defaults.

Thanks! Wilĺ check out registry and that WinSetView.

LesFerch said:

You may have run into the 5000 saved view limit or have some corruption in the BagMRU/Bags registry keys. You could delete those keys and then restart Explorer (or logout and login) and then it will probably start to behave correctly. But I would recommend using WinSetView instead. It will delete those keys, but will also let you set your preferred default views which, for most people, is much better than going back to Microsoft's defaults.

That solve the issue! thanks for the recommendation!

3Bit said:

That solve the issue! thanks for the recommendation!