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Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time

I would like to obtain a list of folders by the creation date in the original pc where they were created.
Additionally go to different levels in a tree. Even choosing the subfolders i wish more details . Custumizable.

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2014, 08:17 PM »
Unless I misunderstand you, in Windows Explorer, right-click the column header area and enable the "Date created" column.  Sort away.

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2014, 09:27 PM »
No. It's not so simple when you filter also.
And not a folder. A selective tree of folders and a depth level.
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2014, 09:52 PM »
So you want folders, but no files - in a 'flat' view where they can be sorted by created date?
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2014, 12:07 PM »
So you want folders, but no files - in a 'flat' view where they can be sorted by created date?

How can i do that ?. The flat view is very useful for me nowdays for filtering files from several folders.
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2014, 12:11 PM »
Search My Files

Juasss. I have to modify my filters. Give me the link as malware !!!!!! Nonsenses
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2014, 12:47 PM »
So you want folders, but no files - in a 'flat' view where they can be sorted by created date?

How can i do that ?. The flat view is very useful for me nowdays for filtering files from several folders.
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Did you not get Directory Opus recently?
Or are you still on Windows Explorer (or whatever they call it these days)?

I dont know if you can filter for just folders in Dopus, I suspect you can - but first: do you have it?
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2014, 12:52 PM »
So you want folders, but no files - in a 'flat' view where they can be sorted by created date?

How can i do that ?. The flat view is very useful for me nowdays for filtering files from several folders.
:-*

Did you not get Directory Opus recently?
Or are you still on Windows Explorer (or whatever they call it these days)?

I dont know if you can filter for just folders in Dopus, I suspect you can - but first: do you have it?

I haven't. Dopus is the more powerful program indeed.
I stay in windows explorer with "addons".
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2014, 07:20 AM »
Wouldn't this suffice?

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dir /od /t:c /ad

You can add any wildcards you like.

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2014, 07:51 AM »
Wouldn't this suffice?

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dir /od /t:c /ad

You can add any wildcards you like.

It doesn't really cover the "Even choosing the subfolders i wish more details" bit.
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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2014, 08:44 AM »
You're right, I concentrated on the expression "to obtain a list". If this should be interactive, then the command line is of no use. However, adding "/s" would list the subdirectories.

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2014, 05:05 PM »
Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time

I would like to obtain a list of folders by the creation date in the original pc where they were created.
Additionally go to different levels in a tree. Even choosing the subfolders i wish more details . Custumizable.

Best Regards
Can you post an example of what output you desire?

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2014, 06:43 PM »
Sure. I have done in my life about 254 projects. Less sure. But at the beginning i don't use a code. The last one is 254.14
A folder like 254.14 has some folders inside and files.
The .14 correspond to the year, and the resto to a sequencially number.
I begin years ago in the 125 number.
But before that number I usually uses a descriptive name in the folder like : Activ Properties
Some of the old projects are in the folder CUSTOMERS inside the PROJECTS Folder with the numbered works.
I usually do only one project by customer, but i have one i made many.
So this one have a special folder : JOVI and some projects inside this folder.

What I need is obtain a list of the folders by its creation data.

I have move along the years one folders to one pc to another so I observed the modification date is not the creation date and now don't remember how to see the creation date of the work.

Once I have the folders in order i can create shortcuts to renumbered the old ones from 125 to the first. Probable i will not reach the number 1.

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Re: Filter and order folders by the date of original creation time
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2014, 07:02 PM »
So the original creation time is not present in the NTFS Created date of the folders, but only in the folder names? And the problem is *sorting* them?

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