![]() ![]() This will open up the Properties dialog box with the Sharing tab already selected. Once File and Printer Sharing is enabled, you can share a folder by right-clicking on it and selecting Sharing and Security. You may need to insert your Windows XP CD during the installation process. ![]() First, click on Install, then select Service, and check File and Printer Sharing fro Microsoft Networks. If you do not see this as an option, you may have to install this Windows component before you can share files. Make sure there is a check mark next to File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Right-click on your network connection and select Properties. You can do this by going to the Control Panel (Start, Control Panel) and selecting the Network Connections applet. You can click the Date Modified tab first then shift-click the Name tab to get the current list ordered in Date but still with the folders listed at the top.Before you can share files or folders with other users on your network, you must make sure that File and Printer Sharing is enabled. ![]() Thanks to the reader Shelku who shared an even better solution. ![]() But hey, at least this is a workaround, let us know if you have a better way to resolve this issue. There are other directories and folders out there still have the previous unchanged view properties. The catch is, if you do it this way as above, the change only appear to be applied to the directory you are in. Notice, you now see all the folders appear before the files in a directory. Now go back to the Windows Explorer, click sort “Date” column. Scroll down to the list, find the “Date” type, select and click OK. Go to View tab > Sort by > Choose columns … If you’d like to keep the folders show before the files, don’t use “Date modified” attribute, but instead use “Date” attribute. When you do use this attribute to sort the folders, all the files appear before the folders. Notice when you view a directory in Windows 8.1 in a detailed view, you will get the option to sort the folder by “Date modified”. Use Date Instead of Date Modified Attribute For Directory Column Type Here is a solution I found to get around with this problem. I poked around to see if there are new options in Windows 8.1 that might lead to this subtle change. This wasn’t the behavior it was back in Windows 7, the folders always appear on top of the files, at least it wasn’t what I was remembering. One of the new changes I noticed with my Windows 8.1’s Windows Explorer is that when I sort folders (directories) by modified date the files appears before the folders. ![]()
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