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 Re: Explorer filename sorting problem -  
 31 Jan 19 19:14:19 
 
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From: JJ 
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Subject: Re: Explorer filename sorting problem - NoStrCmpLogical already
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 09:44:19 +0700
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d{sSZ09u+A7f<^paR"/NH_# Hello All,
> 
> My file explorer seems to have trouble sorting filenames in an intuitive
> way.  Just look at the below (listing generated using "dir /one 60.*", but
> the same order appears in Explorer)
> 
> 60.00.00.32.dds
> 60.00.00.32.msh
> 60.00.00.32.nif
> 60.00.32.32.dds
> 60.00.-32.32.dds
> 60.00.32.32.msh
> 60.00.-32.32.msh
> 60.00.32.32.nif
> 60.00.-32.32.nif
> 
> I would expect the "60.00.-30.*" entries to come first, followed by the
> "60.00.00.*" and "60.00.32.*" groups.
> 
> Some time ago (years probably :-) ) I've added the NoStrCmpLogical setting,
> and thought that it was fixed.  But apperantly no such luck.
> 
> Does anyone know what is going on here -- or better yet, how to fix it ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser

NoStrCmpLogical is a policy setting for (Windows) Explorer only.
CMD is never affected and will always use binary compare for sorting.


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