Grouping Files

Grouping files means organizing a folder’s contents according to the values in a particular property. In the Windows 8 version of File Explorer, select the ribbon’s View tab and then click Group By. This displays a list of the properties you can use for the grouping. Clicking one of these properties groups the files according to the values in that property. Figure 6.16 shows the Pictures folder grouped by the values in the Type property.

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Figure 6.16. Windows 8 enables you to group and work with files based on the values in a property.

As Figure 6.16 shows, Windows 8 enhances the grouping feature with two new techniques:

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