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Subject: Re: Explorer filename sorting problem - NoStrCmpLogical already
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:35:50 +0200
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JJ,

> NoStrCmpLogical is a policy setting for (Windows) Explorer only.

Than is doubly remarkable that *both* show the same list ....

> CMD is never affected and will always use binary compare for sorting.

Please, don't do that.  You can see for yourself that it doesn't appear to
do so.  :-(

> 

That page seems to have become outdated, as I was met with the (in)famous
"Try searching for what you need. This page doesn't exist." error message.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
JJ  schreef in berichtnieuws
1f6vwnr37eok9.1jaqewr69jsjg$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:58:23 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:
> > 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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