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I know that if i want to "sticky" a folder/file in a folder sorted by name, I can use a symbol like _ at the start of the name so it'll appear at the top or bottom (depending if it's sorted ascending or descending).

However, what if I want to have a folder/file "stickied" in the opposite position, so where I have _lib and _work at the top and regardless of what folders/file names there are I have a temp folder at the very bottom? How can I "sticky" a folder so it appears opposite to other "sticky" folders?

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Unfortunately, the function that Explorer uses to sort things (StrCmpLogicalW) sorts "special" (i.e. non-alphanumeric) characters first. It also knows a lot about high-bit ASCII characters, so starting with an é would put the item next to things that start with a plain e.

However, it always sorts CJK characters after Roman-like ones. If you enable keyboard Unicode entry, you can easily enter something like U+999 (ঙ) with the numeric keypad. To get that character, I typed +, 9, 9, 9 on the keypad while holding Alt. An item that starts with that is "stickied" to the end of the listing.

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