XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam
On 2/27/2026 6:54 PM, micky wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:01:47 -0500, Zaidy036
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/22/2026 3:51 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?)
>>>
>>> The only thing I know that will do this is Take Command, TCC or its free
>>> version TCC/LE. Hasn't been updated since 2020 or earlier afaict, but
>>> there is no need to update it. It's fantastic. Has many other great
>>> enhancements though my 709-yo memory will need some time to think of
>>> them.
>>> One simple one is CD.... where the number of dots minus one indicates
>>> how many directories up you will position yourself.
>>> And dir /o:u will display files in Unsorted order.
>>>
>>> Why would physical order matter? I'm sure there are many reasons, but
>>> for me, I wanted a flashdrive with music I like, since no radio station
>>> in Baltimore** plays it and I'm going abroad and certainly no station
>>> there plays 50's and early 60's music. But using Radiomaximus, and I'm
>>> sure other methods, one can play 181.FM Oldies, for free. And there
>>> are amny other genres as well.
>>>
>>> I did this several years ago but I can't find the flashdrive I made.
>>> This time it will be even better. So instead of just recording for a ay
>>> and a half, I recorded for 3 days. Got about 1650 files. Sorted
>>> alphabetically and got rid of two groups I don't like, and got rid of
>>> the advertisements that they play, not that often but since I can get
>>> rid of them, I did so. (they are easy to spot, 1/10th the size of songs,
>>> plus they all have the same or similar names, names that are not the
>>> names of songs. There were about 240 out of the 1700)
>>>
>>> This left 1357. By sorting alphabetically, one sees that ome songs
>>> appea only once, some twice, and many 3 times.
>>>
>>> Well, they've taken small steps against my plan by putting a little
>>> advertising within the song files, but a small amount compared to what I
>>> deleted.
>>>
>>> If you use VLC and some other software, it plays them in alphabetical
>>> order, no matter what order they are on the flashdrive. How about that.
>>> But the gizmo I have that plugs into the cigarette lighter and xmit to
>>> the radio plays in the order they exist on the drive. The car I rent
>>> will probably have a usb input, and I don't know what order they will
>>> play in. I've also got a tiny mp3 player that connects with a 1/8"
>>> audio cable. That plays in the order I want.
>>>
>>> For some reason, 5 seconds or so of the next song ae in the privious
>>> song's file, so if you don't play them in the original order, all the
>>> songs start 5 seconds in, and end with 5 seconds unrelated to the song
>>> before or the song after.
>>>
>>> Then I copied all of them to the flash drive it used whatever order was
>>> in the File Manager (with a gui). But I couldnt tell for sure what order
>>> they were in without TCC/LE and dir /o:u .
>>
>> DIR /O:D
>
> Well, the goal is to have the files on the drive with the oldest first,
> but wadr, the command above will display the oldest first, regardless of
> what order they are actually in.
DIR /B /O:D >
* * then the new file will have a simple list in the order you want and
can be used or modified to use as a play list.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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