How do I sort folders by most recently added files in Windows?

Question

I use the sort by Date Modified a lot, but this is absolutely useless for folders as it always defaults to when the folder itself was created, not when new files are added to said folder. I need a way to sort all my folders by their most recently added files. Is there a way to do this on windows?

Answer 1

To a limited extent, you can sort on the column Date last saved.

• Right-click on the column header in Explorer.
• Select More...
• Scroll down to Date last saved and click the check-box to add it.
• Click on that column to sort on it.

Now, if a file is added to a folder, Date last saved becomes the date the file was added.

The limitation is that removing the new file does not set the date back -- this column behaves more like Date last modified does for files, but for folders, instead.