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I have folders with these names:

• Introduction


• Theoretical Background


• Methods


• Results


• Conclusion

and would like to keep this sequence.

Unfortunately, Windows 7 doesn't let me and orders the folders according to their names or alteration date.

How can I fix the sequence of folders in Windows 7 and 10 according to my requirements?

Is it maybe possible to set an additional folder attribute like "1" or "2" and let Windows sort according to this attribute?

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I have folders with these names:

• Introduction


• Theoretical Background


• Methods


• Results


• Conclusion

and would like to keep this sequence.

Unfortunately, Windows 7 doesn't let me and orders the folders according to their names or alteration date.

How can I fix the sequence of folders in Windows 7 and 10 according to my requirements?

Is it maybe possible to set an additional folder attribute like "1" or "2" and let Windows sort according to this attribute?

windows-7 windows windows-10

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  Wait, you mean this hasn't been fixed in Windows 10? There goes yet another potential motivation for me to "upgrade" from 7.
  
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I have folders with these names:

• Introduction


• Theoretical Background


• Methods


• Results


• Conclusion

and would like to keep this sequence.

Unfortunately, Windows 7 doesn't let me and orders the folders according to their names or alteration date.

How can I fix the sequence of folders in Windows 7 and 10 according to my requirements?

Is it maybe possible to set an additional folder attribute like "1" or "2" and let Windows sort according to this attribute?

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I generally do this by simply prefixing the folders with either letters or numbers, as though they were sections of a document:

1 - Introduction
2 - Theoretical Background
3 - Methods
4 - Results
5 - Conclusions

If there are more than ten "sections", I will use a two-digit zero-padded prefix, e.g., 01, 02, 03, etc.; I've never been quite so deranged as to insist that I need this for a group of over about 15 folders. (Even if I did, I could probably manage to script the rename.)

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answered 12 hours ago

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If you create them at least a minute apart in the order you want, you can then sort by Date Created.

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  I like that. Nice workaround.
  
  – wrecclesham
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I've accomplished the same thing by numbering them, e.g., 1 - Introduction, 2 - Theoretical Background, etc.
  
  – Jeff Zeitlin
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The drawbacks with this method (other than waiting a minute between creating each folder) are that Date created isn't shown by default, and it would be very difficult to insert an additional folder between two existing ones. I'd go with Jeff's suggestion of numbering the folders. If you need them without numbers, copy to new folders (in order, a minute apart) at the very end (renaming doesn't seem to change either the modified- or created- times).
  
  – TripeHound
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @JeffZeitlin you should write your comment as an answer.
  
  – Moab
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If you copy a folder structure, it will not preserve the creation date.
  
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You can make the folders a system folder with a desktop.ini file

Create a new text file within the folder, and set the content

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=1
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Generic

Where InfoTip=1 sets the "tag" as "1", so you can sort numerically

Then rename the file to desktop.ini

Then set the folder as a system folder using commandprompt

attrib +s "Introduction"

Then in the root folder:

View - Choose Details - add "Comments"

And sort by Comments, now the folders will be sorted according to the "InfoTip" field in the ini file as long as the folder is marked as a system folder.

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  Nice. Setting the read-only attribute on the folder also works. Quickest way to create desktop.ini & set the folder attributes is to assign a custom icon via the Properties dialog. Then edit the desktop.ini file it creates.
  
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One thing is a real (physical) order of files / directories, the other is their logical order (sorted by name, by extension, ...) shown in File Managers.

Use such a file manager (instead of Widnows Explorer) who is able to show files in their physical order (i.e. unsorted). For example Total Commander:

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answered 12 hours ago

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  There is no guarantee that the physical order will be the order that the user wants. This also requires installing third-party software, which may or may not be an option for the querent.
  
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I generally do this by simply prefixing the folders with either letters or numbers, as though they were sections of a document:

1 - Introduction
2 - Theoretical Background
3 - Methods
4 - Results
5 - Conclusions

If there are more than ten "sections", I will use a two-digit zero-padded prefix, e.g., 01, 02, 03, etc.; I've never been quite so deranged as to insist that I need this for a group of over about 15 folders. (Even if I did, I could probably manage to script the rename.)

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

Jeff ZeitlinJeff Zeitlin

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Alphabetic chapter ordinals also work well (A,B,C).
  
  – Christopher Hostage
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

8

I generally do this by simply prefixing the folders with either letters or numbers, as though they were sections of a document:

1 - Introduction
2 - Theoretical Background
3 - Methods
4 - Results
5 - Conclusions

If there are more than ten "sections", I will use a two-digit zero-padded prefix, e.g., 01, 02, 03, etc.; I've never been quite so deranged as to insist that I need this for a group of over about 15 folders. (Even if I did, I could probably manage to script the rename.)

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

Jeff ZeitlinJeff Zeitlin

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Alphabetic chapter ordinals also work well (A,B,C).
  
  – Christopher Hostage
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

I generally do this by simply prefixing the folders with either letters or numbers, as though they were sections of a document:

1 - Introduction
2 - Theoretical Background
3 - Methods
4 - Results
5 - Conclusions

If there are more than ten "sections", I will use a two-digit zero-padded prefix, e.g., 01, 02, 03, etc.; I've never been quite so deranged as to insist that I need this for a group of over about 15 folders. (Even if I did, I could probably manage to script the rename.)

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1 - Introduction
2 - Theoretical Background
3 - Methods
4 - Results
5 - Conclusions

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answered 12 hours ago

Jeff ZeitlinJeff Zeitlin

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answered 12 hours ago

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answered 12 hours ago

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If you create them at least a minute apart in the order you want, you can then sort by Date Created.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

Keith MillerKeith Miller

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I like that. Nice workaround.
  
  – wrecclesham
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've accomplished the same thing by numbering them, e.g., 1 - Introduction, 2 - Theoretical Background, etc.
  
  – Jeff Zeitlin
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The drawbacks with this method (other than waiting a minute between creating each folder) are that Date created isn't shown by default, and it would be very difficult to insert an additional folder between two existing ones. I'd go with Jeff's suggestion of numbering the folders. If you need them without numbers, copy to new folders (in order, a minute apart) at the very end (renaming doesn't seem to change either the modified- or created- times).
  
  – TripeHound
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @JeffZeitlin you should write your comment as an answer.
  
  – Moab
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If you copy a folder structure, it will not preserve the creation date.
  
  – Boann
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

6

If you create them at least a minute apart in the order you want, you can then sort by Date Created.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

Keith MillerKeith Miller

1,04322 silver badges66 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I like that. Nice workaround.
  
  – wrecclesham
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've accomplished the same thing by numbering them, e.g., 1 - Introduction, 2 - Theoretical Background, etc.
  
  – Jeff Zeitlin
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The drawbacks with this method (other than waiting a minute between creating each folder) are that Date created isn't shown by default, and it would be very difficult to insert an additional folder between two existing ones. I'd go with Jeff's suggestion of numbering the folders. If you need them without numbers, copy to new folders (in order, a minute apart) at the very end (renaming doesn't seem to change either the modified- or created- times).
  
  – TripeHound
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @JeffZeitlin you should write your comment as an answer.
  
  – Moab
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If you copy a folder structure, it will not preserve the creation date.
  
  – Boann
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

If you create them at least a minute apart in the order you want, you can then sort by Date Created.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

Keith MillerKeith Miller

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answered 14 hours ago

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answered 14 hours ago

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answered 14 hours ago

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You can make the folders a system folder with a desktop.ini file

Create a new text file within the folder, and set the content

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=1
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Generic

Where InfoTip=1 sets the "tag" as "1", so you can sort numerically

Then rename the file to desktop.ini

Then set the folder as a system folder using commandprompt

attrib +s "Introduction"

Then in the root folder:

View - Choose Details - add "Comments"

And sort by Comments, now the folders will be sorted according to the "InfoTip" field in the ini file as long as the folder is marked as a system folder.

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

Richie FrameRichie Frame

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Nice. Setting the read-only attribute on the folder also works. Quickest way to create desktop.ini & set the folder attributes is to assign a custom icon via the Properties dialog. Then edit the desktop.ini file it creates.
  
  – Keith Miller
  41 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

2

You can make the folders a system folder with a desktop.ini file

Create a new text file within the folder, and set the content

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=1
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Generic

Where InfoTip=1 sets the "tag" as "1", so you can sort numerically

Then rename the file to desktop.ini

Then set the folder as a system folder using commandprompt

attrib +s "Introduction"

Then in the root folder:

View - Choose Details - add "Comments"

And sort by Comments, now the folders will be sorted according to the "InfoTip" field in the ini file as long as the folder is marked as a system folder.

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

Richie FrameRichie Frame

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Nice. Setting the read-only attribute on the folder also works. Quickest way to create desktop.ini & set the folder attributes is to assign a custom icon via the Properties dialog. Then edit the desktop.ini file it creates.
  
  – Keith Miller
  41 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

You can make the folders a system folder with a desktop.ini file

Create a new text file within the folder, and set the content

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=1
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Generic

Where InfoTip=1 sets the "tag" as "1", so you can sort numerically

Then rename the file to desktop.ini

Then set the folder as a system folder using commandprompt

attrib +s "Introduction"

Then in the root folder:

View - Choose Details - add "Comments"

And sort by Comments, now the folders will be sorted according to the "InfoTip" field in the ini file as long as the folder is marked as a system folder.

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

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[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=1
[ViewState]
Mode=
Vid=
FolderType=Generic

attrib +s "Introduction"

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

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answered 4 hours ago

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answered 4 hours ago

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One thing is a real (physical) order of files / directories, the other is their logical order (sorted by name, by extension, ...) shown in File Managers.

Use such a file manager (instead of Widnows Explorer) who is able to show files in their physical order (i.e. unsorted). For example Total Commander:

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

MarianDMarianD

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  There is no guarantee that the physical order will be the order that the user wants. This also requires installing third-party software, which may or may not be an option for the querent.
  
  – Jeff Zeitlin
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

0

One thing is a real (physical) order of files / directories, the other is their logical order (sorted by name, by extension, ...) shown in File Managers.

Use such a file manager (instead of Widnows Explorer) who is able to show files in their physical order (i.e. unsorted). For example Total Commander:

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

MarianDMarianD

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  There is no guarantee that the physical order will be the order that the user wants. This also requires installing third-party software, which may or may not be an option for the querent.
  
  – Jeff Zeitlin
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

One thing is a real (physical) order of files / directories, the other is their logical order (sorted by name, by extension, ...) shown in File Managers.

Use such a file manager (instead of Widnows Explorer) who is able to show files in their physical order (i.e. unsorted). For example Total Commander:

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

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answered 12 hours ago

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answered 12 hours ago

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answered 12 hours ago

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