Windows Explorer - Compound Sort of Displayed Files

[huettl.kenneth]

In Windows XP Professional Windows Explorer, I have a need
to sort the files within a folder by both file type and
date created. Can multiple sorts be performed? When I
choose file type, the default is to then display the files
within file type by file name. Is there any means to
define a second sort option in Windows Explorer (i.e.,
create date\time within file type)? If not, can the
default (file name) be switched to file create date\time?
I need a compound sort option to allow me to most easily
figure out a history of file processing within file type
associated with some complicated processing that involved
hundreds of files. Thanks for your assistance in
advance!

 

[Guest]

This is not exactly what you asked for, since it does not involve Explorer,
but if you open a CMD window, and execute a DIR with the option /O:ED, it will
sort by extension, then by date (see DIR /? for more info).
You could pipe the output of the dir listing into a file for later perusal.

Or you could do things like DIR /O *.EXT (where EXT is the desired file
type) - this will list only that file type, sorted by date.

For an Explorer-only solution (sort of), you could first do a search for a
particular file type (you can limit it to not search subdirectories under
"advanced options"), and then sort the results of the search.

Or you could sort an Explorer window by type, select all of the files of a
particular type, and then click the date column to sort by date - the selected
files of one type will stay highlighted, but will now be sorted by date.

|In Windows XP Professional Windows Explorer, I have a need
|to sort the files within a folder by both file type and
|date created. Can multiple sorts be performed? When I
|choose file type, the default is to then display the files
|within file type by file name. Is there any means to
|define a second sort option in Windows Explorer (i.e.,
|create date\time within file type)? If not, can the
|default (file name) be switched to file create date\time?
|I need a compound sort option to allow me to most easily
|figure out a history of file processing within file type
|associated with some complicated processing that involved
|hundreds of files. Thanks for your assistance in
|advance!

 

[Carrie Garth]

wrote in message In Windows XP Professional Windows Explorer, I have a need
to sort the files within a folder by both file type and
date created. Can multiple sorts be performed? <SNIP>

Windows Explorer is unable to do multiple sorts. However, if you have
Microsoft Office and have installed the Microsoft Outlook
Integrated File Management component, you can use it for your search and
then sort the items based on multiple fields (such as you described).

If the Advanced Find tool is installed you can open it by either: running
Outlook and on the menu bar clicking Tools > Advanced Find... Or running the
executable named: finder.exe

And for information about how to "Search for items and files using Advanced
Find" and "About sorting", search Microsoft Outlook Help for the words
in double-quotes.