How to change numerical sort order to match windows sort order

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November 1, 2024
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How do I change the numerial sort order to match Windows? For example whens sorting by name, image number 2 is being sorted after image 199 in the sort order....Windows sorts it numerical...Lightroom sorts it strictly by the first number priority....This is throwing my orders all out of sequence.

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Rob_Cullen

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I understand that Windows can understand a 'logical' sort (1, 2, 199, 200, etc) whereas Lightroom only understands 'numerical first number priority..'

So one suggestion is to rename files with leading zeroes. ( 0001, 0005, 0030, 0100, 1000, etc).

If you require a sequence greater than 9999- name with a five figure sequence ( 00001, 00005, 00030, 00100, 01000, 99999, etc)

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

Jim Wilde

Community Expert

What sort order have you selected in the Lightroom app?

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