Disable group by in Downloads folder (Windows 10 1903)

Anonymous
2019-06-18T09:01:17+00:00

Hi, since I updated to the new Windows 1903 version the files in some folders like "Downloads" are always grouped by the date. I was able to disable this in the File Explorer itself by choosing "Group by = none". But in all kind of "Save as" dialogs from any application the group by date still appears and in those special explorer windows there is no option to disable file grouping in them. So how can I disable this globally?

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Anonymous
2019-06-19T03:25:57+00:00

Hi Chap Sistine,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

The Group by option in normal folders and in Save as window are different, so if you change the Group by to type in Downloads folder, it will not change in Save as window. Then, if you change the Group by in Save as window, it will not change in normal folders.

You can refer the below example.

Change the Group by as size in Downloads folder - Change the Group by as size in Save as window.

Change the Group by as type in Downloads folder - (Check) Group by as size in Save as window (it will not change until you right-click in Save as window and change it to type or anything else).

Also, the Group by option is specific to folders and once you change Group by for a particular folder, the changes will not be applied to all the folders. You need to change the Group by for every folder by opening that particular folder > Press the Alt and V > Click on G > Select the Group by settings or click on Choose columns for more options.

So, once you change the Group by in Save as window, it will remain the same regardless of whichever application you open the Save as window from.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-08-28T19:30:54+00:00

    Sorry, we all are humans and make mistakes. Seems that the Microsoft workers cannot participate in community forums.

    I landed here because the recent Google searches point to Microsoft community forums, the 2nd place people search help. First one is what You mention above. The next(checked too) is third party pages - no solution found. Lets hope they will read and understand

    • something happens with "Downloads" folder. All points that it will be a small human mistake.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-28T18:08:59+00:00
    1. I am not from Microsoft --- these are community forums.
    2. There is a way to chnage the default and it seems to be working for most.
    3. Unfortunatly, those that are having issues are too busy composing rants to engage in systematic, interactive trouble-shooting.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-28T13:47:47+00:00

    Keith A. Miller:  Your reply on August 16, 2019 FIXES the problem in the SAVE AS download folder on my PC.  The one on August 25 does not, in fact it restores the group by date the fix on the 16th had corrected.

    Thank you!

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-28T02:22:23+00:00

    See my 8/22 reply.

    Keith

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