Windows 11 How to Sort Files in Windows Explorer by Date Format in the Filename?

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Aniruth Raghuraman

Hi everyone,I have a folder in Windows Explorer that contains several files with names that include a date in the format "dd-mm-yyyy" (e.g., 01-01-2022 File 1.txt, 02-03-2022 File 3.txt, 03-01-2022 File 2.txt). I would like to sort these files in ascending or descending order based on the date included in the filename.The names of the files can be anything, but the date is always in the "dd-mm-yyyy" format and is fixed at the beginning of the filename.I have tried sorting the files by clicking on the "Date" column header in Windows Explorer, but it only sorts by the "Date Modified" attribute,

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