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Hello,
I create Word files every day which are then saved in a general folder. I made a
slight modification yesterday regarding the destination, so the files are dated yesterday but not in order.
Is there another solution than renaming the files by putting 01, 02, 03... because I do indeed find
the order in the explorer and in Word.
Thank you to anyone who can help me.
I create Word files every day which are then saved in a general folder. I made a
slight modification yesterday regarding the destination, so the files are dated yesterday but not in order.
Is there another solution than renaming the files by putting 01, 02, 03... because I do indeed find
the order in the explorer and in Word.
Thank you to anyone who can help me.
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I think there are possibilities with a file manager..
I just looked at what can be done with TotalCommander.. You can batch rename files by adding to the name the date, time, a counter, etc..
Personally, I also have a sorting issue when I make backups of archives.. Some files are not sorted in the same way.. There are 3 dates contained in the files: the creation date, the last modified date, and the save date (or last access).
And I've noticed that depending on the query, Windows doesn't always use the same one!
I just looked at what can be done with TotalCommander.. You can batch rename files by adding to the name the date, time, a counter, etc..
Personally, I also have a sorting issue when I make backups of archives.. Some files are not sorted in the same way.. There are 3 dates contained in the files: the creation date, the last modified date, and the save date (or last access).
And I've noticed that depending on the query, Windows doesn't always use the same one!
Good evening,
Windows can, in a folder (View-group by), select the date of modification or creation, it ignores everything about the last access date, but it's a bit of a hassle to have to repeat these sorts.
The creation date is modified as soon as it is copied to a new medium, hence the potential problem when archiving to and from other partitions and/or the local network (to which we must add, but I'm nitpicking, a difference in granularity in the expression of time depending on the OS and the type of partition).
Sorting by last access (which doesn't make much sense, it changes as soon as you right-click) can be obtained via a DOS tree, but well...
Of course, we can use a bunch of utilities for batch renaming files in a folder by putting in, possibly using variables, a lot of frills; one might even, I haven't thought about it, simulate a modification so that all files in a folder (if they are not too numerous) have the same date and time, but assigning them a sequential number before modifying their date will not be enough to change the disorder.
Even then, when sorting by name, we will eventually have it behind us in a naming scheme such as presented in the screenshot unless we apply, if they are dated files, a scheme resembling the one I indicated, where the names must always adhere to the same strict date syntax, followed by the name.
Still in the example, and unless one folder per week, all Mondays will be grouped, Friday, March 1 will precede Friday, February 11...
Windows can, in a folder (View-group by), select the date of modification or creation, it ignores everything about the last access date, but it's a bit of a hassle to have to repeat these sorts.
The creation date is modified as soon as it is copied to a new medium, hence the potential problem when archiving to and from other partitions and/or the local network (to which we must add, but I'm nitpicking, a difference in granularity in the expression of time depending on the OS and the type of partition).
Sorting by last access (which doesn't make much sense, it changes as soon as you right-click) can be obtained via a DOS tree, but well...
Of course, we can use a bunch of utilities for batch renaming files in a folder by putting in, possibly using variables, a lot of frills; one might even, I haven't thought about it, simulate a modification so that all files in a folder (if they are not too numerous) have the same date and time, but assigning them a sequential number before modifying their date will not be enough to change the disorder.
Even then, when sorting by name, we will eventually have it behind us in a naming scheme such as presented in the screenshot unless we apply, if they are dated files, a scheme resembling the one I indicated, where the names must always adhere to the same strict date syntax, followed by the name.
Still in the example, and unless one folder per week, all Mondays will be grouped, Friday, March 1 will precede Friday, February 11...
Indeed, but none allows for restoring the chronological order of dates that is not alphabetical if the files were not saved or copied in the order of creation/modification date.
If the modification date or last access date is used, we might be able to retrieve them with a batch by using the creation date in Windows or Word, but it is anything but simple, if not impossible.
The healthy attitude (because one must plan for organization in months and years) is to name files yyyymmdd.docx.