Keyboard shortcut to sort by column
Shortcut for this purpose is not listed in Microsoft website
You could Do this
- Shift+F10 - to perform Right Click
- I - to Select Arrange Icons by..
- N - To Arrange by Name
- S - To Arrange by Size
- T - To Arrange by Type
- M - to Arrange by Modified
You could use install Altap Salamandar.
After which these settings would become effective
Ctrl+F1 Display the Drive Information dialog
Ctrl+F2 Change attributes of the selected files and directories
Ctrl+F3 Sort files and directories in the active panel by name. Press the key again to reverse sort order.
Ctrl+F4 Sort files and directories in the active panel by extension. Press the key again to reverse sort order.
Ctrl+F5 Sort files and directories in the active panel by time. Press the key again to reverse sort order.
Ctrl+F6 Sort files and directories in the active panel by size. Press the key again to reverse sort order.
ALT+V, I, N
This will zip you through the menu to sort by name.
You can change the last letter to:
- S for SIZE
- T for TYPE
- M for DATE MODIFIED
EDIT:
I continued to search for you, and found multiple references to indicate this is not possible.
Here, here, reference to other methods mentioned here, and a comprehensive list of windows XP shortcuts from MS here.