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.