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Note

Within each window, Windows groups folders separately from files. They get sorted, too, but
within their own little folder neighborhood.

Sorting using the shortcut menu

You can sort your icons in any window view without using the Ribbon, like
this: Right-click a blank spot in the window. From the shortcut menu,

choose “Sort by” and choose the criterion you want (Name, Date modified,
Type…) from the submenu.

There’s no triangle to tell you which way you’ve just sorted things; is it

oldest to newest or newest to oldest? To make that decision, you have to
right-click the window a second time; this time, from the “Sort by”

submenu, choose either Ascending or Descending.

Grouping

Grouping means “adding headings within the window and clustering the
icons beneath the headings.” The effect is shown in Figure 2-15

(“Yesterday,” “Earlier this month,” and so on), and so is the procedure. Try
it out; grouping can be a great way to wrangle some order from a seething

mass of icons.