Just grab a copy of winfile.exe from the old Windows 3.1 days. That allows you to sort by extension.

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Explorer, Tools, Folder options, view, scroll down to show file extensions.

Explorer, view, sort by, type [extension]

I still have Win 3.1 pity about the .doc file viewer that came with find-file! :(

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Mac

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Hi Mac: either you are missing something, or I am. The solution you propose does not solve the problem. As explained in the original article: "there are circumstances where it is advantageous to sort by file extension, and not file type. While sorting by file type and extension yield similar results, they are not identical." That's because various file extensions might all be described as "text file" for example, so sorting by "file type" may not give you the order that you need. Think of it as "sorting by extension" versus "sorting by file description." Get it?

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What is the point to all this? Did you intend to reply to a post, or.....? Why did you start this thread, in other words?

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I found that article. The reason to, "why you read my message with reading the rest 
of the thread." That's because there is no thread to read. :) 

You posted a new message and didn't have anyone to respond to. You're the only post 
on 98 OS, so you started a thread. Confusing I know....
 


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An Annoyances.org forum user, Larry Brown, has sent
you the following message, in response to your post:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/r1048738295
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Hi Carol:

Yes, my message is part of an ongoing thread. I don't know how or why you read my 
message with reading the rest of the thread. Search the www.annoyances.org web site 
for "Sort by Extension" to see the original article and follow up messages.

Regards:

Larry Brown

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Just to be clear.....winfile.exe comes with Windows 98.

C:\WINDOWS\winfile.exe

DOS will allow sorting in Ascending or Descending order by:
Name
Extension
Last access date
Size
Date & Time
And the greatest of all, Unsorted.  What is good about 
unsorted, if a program has 5 files that get thrown into 
a folder, say WINDOWS, those 5 files will be sitting at 
the bottom of the list, together.  That is often useful if 
you want to see if something got completely 
uninstalled.  And in many other situations.
sekirt






On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 7:03 pm, Larry Brown wrote:
>Just grab a copy of winfile.exe from the old Windows 3.1 days. That allows you to 
>sort by extension.

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