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How to add another sort tab for files in windows?
I am working with a directory of pdf's which have been scanned from actual documents in a file cabnet. When viewing a folder's contents in windows by clicking the tabs above the information users are ...
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Command-line sort and copy text files to one single file renders an error
I stumbled on question 217394 which explains how to copy files sorted alphabetically into one single file. Trying to implement the command myself rendered the following error message:
The system ...
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Sort By # in Windows 8
What is Sort By: # option that is available in Windows 8? A screenshot of it is given below:
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How can I sort a document according to a substring in each line on Win7?
How can I sort a text according to hashtag on Windows-7?
I have a long text (.txt format) which looks something like this:
Blah blah #Test
123123 #Really
Blah bluh #Really
klfdmngl #Test
I would ...
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How to sort pictures by name with some program?
You all know it - you have pictures from vacation and other life events and you decide that you will sort photos you want them to be as you wish together. My question is related to this.
How can I ...
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Sort order in Windows Explorer
The behaviour described below occurs on Windows-7 systems and on Windows XP. We operate in a dual-language environment - English and Hebrew.
When in Windows Explorer we sort files by name, the order ...
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Prevent sort by name from sorting descending order in windows 7
It seems in Windows 7 (and most likely Vista as well) when you right click on the desktop, it'll sort by name in ascending order. If you right click and sort again, it will sort in descending order. ...
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Looking for batch automation program to reorganize/move/sort files into a new folder/directory structure based on file name content (Windows)
I have music files that already have artist name and title in the file name. However the files are currently not well organised in folders.
I don't require audio-fingerprinting.
Is there a program ...
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What Windows app can sort a huge XML file?
I have some enormous XML-based configuration files, with 125000 lines in them. The problem is that they are auto-generated by the system I use, and "child" tags are in a random order within their ...
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How do I arrange my desktop icons in rigidly alphabetical order?
Currently, my desktop icons are divided into three groups:
Upper left icons in the following order:
Libraries
Computer
Recycle Bin
Network Magic
Continuing to read downwards and to the right: ...
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order for loop output command prompt
I'm using the following command to list some of my favorite videos in a directory (and redirect the output into a text file):
for %i in (*avi *.mkv *mp4) do @echo %~ni
I'd like to alphabetically ...
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How do I re-sort a list of files grouped by directory?
From within a DOS batch file, how can I crudely re-sort a text file containing a manually maintained list of source files, so those files listed (from the same directory) in the small example extract ...
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Win7: sort icons in “desktop” popup/toolbar
I've right clicked my task bar and selected Desktop in the Toolbars submenu. This now shows a Desktop >> button left to the tray area. When I click this button, a popup with my desktop icons opens ...
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Can I sort files A-Z and at the same time Z-A?
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I am trying to sort and rename a large number of files that are labeled #####_##
The LEFT side of the underscore are numbers (e.g., 32956715, 32956810, etc.) that do not repeat.
The RIGHT ...
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specify the sort order in “copy /b *.dat foo” in Windows cmd
Normally, when I do a copy /b *.data foo in Windows cmd, the *.data files are catenated in the sorted order into the destination file foo. This matches my desired behavior.
However, I just met a ...
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XP orders files backwards
Windows XP sorts everything alphebetically by name, except that it does it backwards. As it folders are always at the end and then ordered from Z-A. This is not only in Windows Explorer (which is easy ...
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Windows Task Manager process ordering
Is there any rhyme or reason to the default ordering of the Windows Task Manager processes tab under Windows XP? It seems totally random.
And when sorting by CPU or memory, why do they default to ...
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How to sort by date in filename?
I have a bunch of meeting minutes, where the filename is the date the meeting took place. I would like to sort by this date.
The dates in my case are of the following form:
01.01.2009.doc
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Sorting files (images) and then renaming them automatically according to the sort
We want to sort image files in a directory and want them to renamed according to the order we gave.
Is there a tool that can do this?
(os: windows xp)
