folders alphabetically and files opposite, that is if I understand the question correctly. But I have never seen where File Explorer could sort folders separately from files, i.e. You can select a folder or include a list of the. PS If Windows Explorer cant be made to do this, are there any alternative (freemium/freeware) applications that will let us do this?The left panel lists the folders, the right panel has some choices simply by clicking the column heading such as Name, Date, Size, Type to re-arrange ascending or descending and by right-clicking one of the headings can have others added.Įxperiment, just keep right-clicking a title until getting what is desired. This application can find all previously changed files, which include modification or editing like activities. Isn't this what Windows Explorer used to do by default? I then want to see the files sorted by the date of when I last saved them (or last modified them)(or even last accessed them) because if I have been editing a file recently, the chances are that it will be the files that I am most likely to edit again! He then issued a vague suggestion to 'use a for loop' to delete those files. bat files in a folder and all subfolders under it, that were older than 4 days. Bill showed how to use forfiles to make a file containing a list of. The folders should be in alphabetical order (because nothing else makes any sense)ģ. The original question asked how to delete all files in a folder older than 5 days. The folders to appear first (because one is often wanting to navigate by changing directory)Ģ. To get clear, this is what I am trying to achieve:ġ.

Windows 7 find files by date modified