From: me@somewhere.invalid   
      
   Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
      
   >On 25.10.2023 12:19, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'd always assumed this would be done automatically by Windows 10 File   
   >> Explorer. But to my dismay it clearly isn't so. Merely sorting folder A   
   >> into filename order   
   >> 0001.mp3   
   >> 0002.mp3   
   >> .   
   >> .   
   >> 0123.mp3   
   >> and then using whatever combination of familiar steps in File Explorer I   
   >> try (wholesale copy/pasting, dragging, selecting from first or last   
   >> file, resetting attributes with other utilities, renaming, resorting,   
   >> etc) does not work consistently.   
   >   
   >If you select all files with -A and then use the mouse   
   >to drag and drop, the files to a different folder, then   
   >the file selected is copied first and then the remaining   
   >files.   
   >   
   >So if you select 0078.mp3 for drag and drop, the copy order is   
   >   
   >0078.mp3  0079.mp3 .... 0123.mp3 0001.mp3 .....0077.mp3   
   >   
   >So in your case, select 0001.mp3 for drag and drop.   
   >   
   >   
   As I said, that's what you would expect.   
      
   As I also said, it doesn't work.   
      
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