XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:58:24 -0700,   
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/22/2026 1:51 PM, micky wrote:   
   >> FYI   
   >>   
   >> Did you know: That no file manager with a GuI will display files in a   
   >> directory in the order they are written onto the media?  And that no   
   >> option in CMD will do this either?   
   >>   
   >> (I really don't understand Powershell or its role. Will anything in   
   >> Powershell do this?)   
   >>   
   >   
      
   You made your whole reply as part of a signature, but after a while I   
   figured out why it diappeared when I tried to reply!   
      
   thanks for the suggestions and encouragement.  I will have to work on   
   this. I like power and I don't mind shells. so I should take advantage   
   of all this.   
      
   >--   
   >...w¡ñ§±¤ñ   
   >   
   >Powershell examples:   
   >   
   >Ascending Order (oldest first):   
   >powershell   
   >Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object CreationTime   
   >   
   >or using the 'dir' alias   
   >dir | sort CreationTime   
   >-----------   
   >Descending Order (newest first):   
   >powershell   
   >Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object CreationTime -Descending   
   >   
   >or using the 'dir' alias   
   >dir | sort CreationTime -Descending   
   >----------   
   >   
   >Filter for Files Only   
   >powershell   
   >Get-ChildItem -File | Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending   
   >----------   
   >   
   >Note: Powershell date related objects for file system objects   
   >CreationTime   
   >LastWriteTime (Modified date)   
   >LastAccessTime (Last time the file was opened or accessed)   
   >   
   >   
   >Optionally for File Explorer when a file is created is has columns for   
   >viewiing such as creation date,  modified date and date last saved.   
   >  => last saved *is not* the time last copied to the media.   
   >   
   >Open File Explorer to a folder with files, ensure the Date last saved   
   >column is enabled.....then look, you should be able to figure out 'last   
   >saved' meaning.   
   >   
   >   
   >  File Explorer's GIU provides both   
      
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