My Windows 11 used to remember Sort By option on a per folder basis.
But recently, it stopped working, whenever I quit a folder, and open it again, sorting order goes back to default, that is, by name for most folder, by modified date for Download folder.
This is the Bag registry Explorer used to create:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBags1Shell{24CCB8A6-C45A-477D-B940-3382B9225668}]
"Rev"=dword:00000000
"FFlags"=dword:41200011
"Vid"="{65F125E5-7BE1-4810-BA9D-D271C8432CE3}"
"Mode"=dword:00000006
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000002
"IconSize"=dword:00000030
"Sort"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,f4,ee,
c8,30,32,a8,e2,41,ab,32,e3,c3,ca,28,fd,29,03,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,30,f1,25,
b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0a,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"ColInfo"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,10,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,18,00,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,
1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0a,00,00,00,10,01,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,
10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0e,00,00,00,90,00,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,
a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00,78,00,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,
f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0c,00,00,00,50,00,00,00
"GroupView"=dword:ffffffff
"GroupByKey:FMTID"="{30C8EEF4-A832-41E2-AB32-E3C3CA28FD29}"
"GroupByKey:PID"=dword:00000002
"GroupByDirection"=dword:00000001
Notice the “Sort” key, this is how Windows remember the sorting order of a folder.
This is now
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBags10Shell{B3690E58-E961-423B-B687-386EBFD83239}]
"Mode"=dword:00000001
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000003
"FFlags"=dword:41200001
"IconSize"=dword:00000060
"ColInfo"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,fd,df,df,fd,10,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,18,00,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,
1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0a,00,00,00,10,01,00,00,b4,74,db,f7,87,42,03,
41,af,ba,f1,b1,3d,cd,75,cf,64,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,e0,85,9f,f2,f9,4f,68,10,
ab,91,08,00,2b,27,b3,d9,05,00,00,00,58,00,00,00,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,
f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,0c,00,00,00,50,00,00,00
"GroupView"=dword:00000000
"GroupByKey:FMTID"="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"
"GroupByKey:PID"=dword:00000000
"GroupByDirection"=dword:00000001
The “Sort” key is gone.
Tried everything, can’t bring it back. The Folder Option method doesn’t work, WinSetView is a nice tool, but doesn’t address my problem.
