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Sort by Extension in Explorer
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 Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98
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In Windows Explorer, files are classified by their File Type, which is one step beyond the file extension.
However, there are circumstances where it is advantageous to sort by file extension, and not file type.
While sorting by file type and extension yield similar results, they are not identical.
A temporary, although impractical solution to this limitation is to rename all your file types to mirror the extension names (such as *.TXT = "TXT file," *.WPD = "WPD file).
As of yet, there is no way to sort the files in Explorer by the actual extension.
Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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Previous discussions about this article:
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- [Windows 2000] 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' - a 3rd party solution - free (Sylf: Thursday, February 7, 2002)
- [Windows 2000] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (Bob Pool: Monday, June 10, 2002)
- [Windows XP] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (Eliat B. Goldman: Wednesday, August 7, 2002)
- [Windows 98] Solution to: 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' use Win 3.1 file manager (Larry Brown: Wednesday, March 26, 2003)
- [Windows XP] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (Jeff Wilson: Saturday, May 31, 2003)
- [Windows 98] Solution (Guillaume LaHaye: Tuesday, August 5, 2003)
- [Windows XP] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (Hans: Wednesday, February 16, 2005)
- [Windows XP] Comment about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (Victor: Friday, January 27, 2006)
- [Windows XP] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (rob: Tuesday, April 18, 2006)
- [Windows Vista] Question about 'Sort by Extension in Explorer' (DiamondGeo: Saturday, December 1, 2007)
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