It is easy to sort files in Windows’ File Explorer. Just activate one of the displayed column headers, e.g., type or size, and Windows will sort all files using the selected value.
Select size and files will be displayed from largest to smallest. Click again, and the sort order is reversed.
Did you know that you can add a second sort parameter to this without breaking the first sort order? This can be useful, for instance by sorting all files by type and by size.
This keeps files grouped by typed, e.g., PDF documents, images, videos, while still sorting each individual group by size.
To do so, simply sort files like you always do. Click on a column header to sort by type. Hold down the Shift-key then and click on another header, e.g., size.
You will notice that files get sorted again without breaking the first sort order.
This can be quite useful, for instance when you want to check the largest files of multiple file types.
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