XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:08:49 +0700   
   JJ  wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:48:56 -0500, micky wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Really! I will have to check again.  I may have been misled because the   
   > > sort subparamenters don't list unsorted.  While TCC/LE lists unsorted as   
   > > an option.   
   >   
   > In CMD, make sure you don't have any `DIRCMD` environment variable defined,   
   > since whatever options it contains, will be used as the default `DIR`   
   > command's options.   
      
   or (this in XP anyhow)   
      
   dir /-O   
   (minus,'-'=override, letter capital 'O','O'= sort Order)   
   >   
   > > So that would make using NTFS a bad idea for me when I need them to be   
   > > played in date order, oldest first, right?   
   > >   
   > > I was using-FAT 32.   
   >   
   > For your case, yes. For FAT-nn, to make sure a directory have the exact   
   > physical order of files/subdirectories of your choosing, have an empty   
   > destination directory first, then copy/move the files/subdirectories one at   
   > a time from the source directory/directories.   
   >   
   > But it's as J. P. Gilliver have asked, is the player really not sort the   
   > files before playing them? If it does, then there's nothing you can do.   
   >   
   > You may want to experiment with a small number of files using the method   
   > previously mentioned.   
      
      
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