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kalkas789
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Sort by name: AA is not at the start

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I have noticed that strings starting with "AA" or "aa" are not at the start, but comes after Z. It treats AA as a single letter Å which goes after Z. Can I change this behaviour? The same problem is in Windows Explorer. Is this because my region is set to Norway?

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Re: Sort by name: AA is not at the start

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Can you give me some sample names to reproduce the issue here?

kalkas789
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Re: Sort by name: AA is not at the start

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Hello!

Thanks for your reply. I am attaching a screenshot. As you see AA is treated as Å, it goes after Z, like this (see also the linked https://app.screencast.com/DSgEVzczG8nbd):

A
B
C

Z
AA


I have Norwegian keyboard installed. In my system, the default language is English, but I have registered Norway as region because I live in Norway. Can I change this sorting behaviour even though my region is Norway?

Thanks for your help!

Best regards
Aleksandar

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Re: Sort by name: AA is not at the start

Post by kalkas789 »

I have found the solution to the problem. I had to change some settings in Windows 10. I had to change the Region Format:

Time & Language --> Region --> Region Format (where I changed from Norway to English)

This solved the sorting problem both in Windows Explorer and XYplorer.

Best regards
Aleksandar

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Re: Sort by name: AA is not at the start

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Cool, thanks for solving it for me. :)

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