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My Downloads directory, like all others is ordered by file name - that's just how I like it. But every so often when I go to view it, it has had its contents grouped by Date modified. So I reset to no grouping and it reverts to 'normal'. And then at some other random time after a download (but not always) it will be grouped again.
It is only mildly annoying but I wonder is it some feature that I am not aware of?
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following @KornfeldEliyahuPeter 's suggestion I googled and found this: Why does Windows groups Downloads files by date?[^].
Seems to be working ...
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modified 26-Jan-21 6:55am.
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Same here, Microsoft knows what's best for you 
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Yup, it's REALLY annoying, and as you say: Every time you fix it, after some time, it reverts to date order.
I've Googled a lot but not found any lasting solution to it... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I had it... And done something (can't remember what) and it went away... What I do remember, is that I found it on the web...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Your Google result is the generic response from EVERYBODY who has tried to solve this.
It works for some, but not for everybody... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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That's why I say "maybe solved".
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Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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TotalCommander. (Enough said).
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Rage wrote: TotalCommander
I did give it a try some years ago, but I really had no need of its features.
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Is "not annoy the crap out of me" not a desirable feature...? 
(seriously, I'm in the same boat...I'd rather have a working version of Explorer)
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It does work. It just has this undocumented/hidden feature on downloads. 
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If the "feature" comes back after disabling it, then I'd make the argument that perhaps no, it's not fully working as intended...
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A bit like Windows 10 Updates, then... 
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Dunno, you would need to take that up with Microsoft. I am just reporting what I found.
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I am giving an answer without looking at the link that accompanies a purported solution. The reason is that after a download, the directory controls have no focus because nothing is selected (nothing is selecting them either). So the raw order prevails until a control selection is made.
Different behavior than previous versions? I don't know. Perhaps the group was highlighted?
Did I get it? 
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Common, it's not that far, you can even see it from any point in the US 
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Niemand25 wrote: you can even see it from any point in the US
Which is how I know it's closer to us than California is because you can't see California from where I am at.
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Quote: Aren't they _slightly_ out of their jurisdiction?
Nahhhh...
and I better don't answer what I would answer because I don't want to soapbox the lounge.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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No - not out of jurisdiction.
As first to set foot there, they own it.
Anyone who objects? Well they should have tried harder to get there first.
(so much whining - hey, world . . . suck it up)
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well said. 
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Try the homesteading principle.
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Greg Utas wrote: homesteading
One person's homesteader is another person's squatter.
If you go on vacation and someone "homesteads" your dwelling . . . ?
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The property has to be clearly abandoned.
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The Outer Space treaty of 1967, to which the US is a signatory, says otherwise:
Quote: outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means;
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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