Is it possible to exclude words like "a", "an" and "the" from the name sort?

[unabatedshagie]

My brain automatically ignores words like "The" when thinking where a folder or file would be, so I'd automatically go looking for a folder called "The Beatles" under B and not T.

Is there any way of getting Xyplorer to sort the name column like this?

[highend]

Apart from using a manual sort order you could use a scripted custom column as an alternative

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    if (<cc_isfolder>) { return regexreplace(<cc_name>, "^(a|an|the)\b\s*"); }
    else { return <cc_name>; }

[jupe]

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[unabatedshagie]

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Awesome, thanks.