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I know that if i want to "sticky" a folder/file in a folder sorted by name, I can use a symbol like _ at the start of the name so it'll appear at the top or bottom (depending if it's sorted ascending or descending).

However, what if I want to have a folder/file "stickied" in the opposite position, so where I have _lib and _work at the top and regardless of what folders/file names there are I have a temp folder at the very bottom? How can I "sticky" a folder so it appears opposite to other "sticky" folders?

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  • Tried starting with a Z? – JaredT Aug 07 '16 at 22:35
  • @jatuttle0 the problem with Z is what if i have a folder called Zend? sure t in temp comes after e but what if i have an apps folder, a comes before e – Memor-X Aug 07 '16 at 22:38
  • Tried starting with `}` or `~`? – A. Loiseau Aug 07 '16 at 22:42
  • @A.Loiseau `}` and `~` both appear at the top with `_`. i'm looking for something that will appear opposite of them, ie. if `_tmp` appears at the very top then this new folder should then appear at the very bottom, like what you would get if you reverse the name sort in a folder directory – Memor-X Aug 07 '16 at 22:47
  • Try non-breaking space (NBSP) as the first character: hold ALT and press 0160 on the numeric keypad. If Windows Explorer balks at entering it, enter it in Notepad and copy/paste into the filename. – DrMoishe Pippik Aug 07 '16 at 22:50
  • @DrMoishePippik Unfortunately, because of Explorer's sort algorithm, all non-alphanumeric characters - including NBSP - go to the top, not the bottom. – Ben N Aug 08 '16 at 17:38

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Unfortunately, the function that Explorer uses to sort things (StrCmpLogicalW) sorts "special" (i.e. non-alphanumeric) characters first. It also knows a lot about high-bit ASCII characters, so starting with an é would put the item next to things that start with a plain e.

However, it always sorts CJK characters after Roman-like ones. If you enable keyboard Unicode entry, you can easily enter something like U+999 (ঙ) with the numeric keypad. To get that character, I typed +, 9, 9, 9 on the keypad while holding Alt. An item that starts with that is "stickied" to the end of the listing.

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