How to sort folders by file type forever


  1. Posts : 206
    widnows 7 professional 32 bits
       #1

    How to sort folders by file type forever


    all the time si open a folder i get crazy by looking at that disorder, then i click sort by type and its fine..

    but i have to do that all the time i open the folder and with all the folders... i read some isntructions and tutorials here... but come one... i barely understood them are they for human...

    and i have another question...
    why the same folder takes more to open when sorted by type than when sorted by any other criteria?

    i mean, when the folder is set to sort by type, when i open the folder it takes 2.5 secs to display what it is there

    the same folder, when sorted by name it takes 0.87 secs to open and display everything
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Kharl,

    If you like, you could use the tutorial to set a default folder view for this to all folders.

    Folder View - Set a Default for All Folders
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  3. Posts : 206
    widnows 7 professional 32 bits
    Thread Starter
       #3

    i dont understand the steps shown there...



    what is a folder template?

    i dont want to chancge the eway the others folders looks, i want the music folder to look like does it look, the same for pictures and vids... i just want to set a default order....

    the "tutorial" starts with procedures already started that i dont know how to get there and i dont know what they are talking about and when i try to understand what they are talkig about the subject gets weird and weird with each attempt
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  4. Posts : 2,465
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    Look at this tutorial too:
    Folder View - Apply to Folders

    Arrange the view as you like, then follow step 3 (it's the only relevant thing to you there).

    I've never noticed any difference in timing of opening depending on order (I always sort by type too). Thumbnails are likely to cause a far more noticeable effect.
    But a wild guess could be that the type's name is stored in the registry (and could be further stored inside a .dll), while the name is stored right in the directory entry Windows first accesses. In short, Windows has immediate access to the file name but finding the type name takes a bit more work.
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