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if you use the phrase "be normal" as if it's something to aspire to, kindly take a long walk off a short plank. or block me. whichever is easier for you.

 


 

child of the 80s

 


 

i escaped a cult.
all of the content warnings.
all of them.
tag: exerian's tragic backstory

 


 

                                 
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erica
@erica
Me
Sort by Date, Descending
Microsoft™ Windows 10
Gotcha, I'll take all these files and sort by Date, and reference the date based on the Assyrian calendar plus or minus the Gregorian calendar, depending on the phase of the moon and the current wind speed in Redmond, WA.
Me
what
Microsoft™ Windows 10
Don't worry about it, here are your files in order but these files that you haven't touched in six years are now listed first. The math just worked out that way.
Me
If I mean by Date I mean by Date last edited/saved, that's how files work.
Microsoft™ Windows 10
You'll want Date Modified for that. You can find it in the Explorer context menu, and you'll have to enable it for every folder manually every time. Also I'll forget the setting on occasion in case you want the Date method I provided above.
Me
Microsoft™ Windows 10
Me
Microsoft™ Windows 10
Me
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exerian
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in reply to @erica's post:

I really miss winXP, it would treat us right.

The way they fumble this kind of things nowadays (why fix what isnt broken??) make it seem like deliberate malice (Hanlon's razor got dull from intensive use)

For your consideration, you can ls (list) directory contents with coreutils in Windows Terminal if you install WSL or use Cygwin or something.

I often use ls -altrh:

  • -a shows all files in a directory
  • -l shows the long listing including file sizes
  • -t sorts it by time, most recent at the top
  • -r reverses the display, so the most recent stuff is at the bottom, useful for seeing the most recent files even if the terminal has to scroll
  • -h displays file sizes in human-readable sizes, which may also be useful.

For example:
terminal example

This, of course, requires some comfort with terminals. Maybe it'll be helpful?

There are also other file explorers that you can use on Windows, but they're all pretty ugly and kinda miserable, imo.