{"id":13483,"date":"2018-12-20T01:37:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2018-12-20T01:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:40:41","slug":"turn-off-numerical-sorting-in-windows-10-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/turn-off-numerical-sorting-in-windows-10-file-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn off Numerical Sorting in Windows 10 File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I disable automatic sorting in File Explorer? In Windows 10, numerical sorting is enabled by default and file explorer will sort files by by increasing number value (for example, 3 < 22 < 111).<\/p>\n

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This tutorial will show you how to turn off numerical sorting in Windows 10 so the file names are sorted by each digit in file name (for example, 1111 < 222 < 3).<\/p>\n

Method 1: Disable Numerical Sorting in File Explorer Using GPO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1.  Open the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and expand to Computer Configuration\\Administrative Templates\\Windows Components\\File Explorer<\/code>. Double-click on the policy named as Turn off numerical sorting in File Explorer<\/strong> to edit it.\n

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  2. Select Enabled<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  3. The changes should be applied immediately. If not, restart the PC or File Explorer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Disable Numerical Sorting in File Explorer Using Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer<\/code>. Right-click any blank area in the right pane and select New<\/strong> -> DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n

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    2. Rename the newly created DWORD to NoStrCmpLogical<\/strong>.\n

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    3. Double-click on it and change its value data to 1 to disable numerical sorting.\n

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      If you want to enable numerical sorting later, just set the value to 0.<\/li>\n

    4. Close Registry Editor. After restarting your PC or logging out, File Explorer should sort your files by digit and not by numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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