I have a stack of client folders with names like this:
eastcoal 008
mee 022
orr 047
owaka 032
owen 025
powernet006
redpath 031
Normally this works, but sometimes I'd like to sort by the number. So how can I sort folders
by the last characters in the folder string? Characters will always be three consecutive
numbers, and will run from 001 to 999 (until I've done a thousand jobs, which will take
years).
Best Answer
This can be done from a command prompt, but I can't think of any way to do it in Explorer.
Name the folders name.### where ### is a three digit number. For example, I created these folders.
From a command prompt or in Explorer the names will sort based using the first character, etc.
From a command prompt you can also sort by extension (the part after the
.
) usingdir /oe
which gives this result.That's only a partial solution as you have to go to the command prompt to get the alternate sorting method. However, if you only need to do it occasionally then perhaps it's good enough.