hi,
what character in a foldername would put that folder top of list in Everything results (sorting by name)? What table of characters is Everything 1.5 using?
Silly question will perhaps, but I want to use a specific foldername that puts that folder top of the resultslist when sorting everything by name. It would function for me as an ID for an offline drive (of which I cannot in another way display it's name within Everything). I do have several offline drives in the database and cannot seem to remember which drive belongs to which drive-letter in Everything's left panel.
For instance I would call this folder "ID.03.03.Music" but then starting with a character that would display it first in line.
Say: _ or $ or - .
What character in a foldername would put that folder top of list in Everything results (sorting by name)?
Regards, kazzy
What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
Last edited by kazzybash on Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
If you do not have any exotic folder names, the _ (underscore) as a leading character would work (just tested in my setup). You would have to sort the results by name.
I see that folder names -, #, $, and .something take precedence, though, in that sequence.
I see that folder names -, #, $, and .something take precedence, though, in that sequence.
Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
hi Eric,
thanks a lot for your kind answer. I tried too, and true,
.
takes precedence. And then ' takes precedence over .
I do have exotic foldernames in my archive that I cannot change for that would hamper their functionality.
Regards, kazzy
thanks a lot for your kind answer. I tried too, and true,
.
takes precedence. And then ' takes precedence over .
I do have exotic foldernames in my archive that I cannot change for that would hamper their functionality.
Regards, kazzy
Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
Hi Kazzy,
I've also folders -, # and .whatever on my system. Courtesy of NodeJS and modules. It seems the character precedence does not exactly follow the ascii standard. Maybe you could try and hack a harmless control code into a filename and see what happens...
Regards, Eric
I've also folders -, # and .whatever on my system. Courtesy of NodeJS and modules. It seems the character precedence does not exactly follow the ascii standard. Maybe you could try and hack a harmless control code into a filename and see what happens...
Regards, Eric
Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
I just generated all filenames that start with ASCII characters (no Chinese, smileys, etc).
This is the order they are shown in Everything 1.5 (.0.1299a)
( a-z and A-Z are sorted together)
For completions sake, the oreder in File Explorer (@Win10):
( a-z and A-Z are sorted together)
So almost the same order, minus
This is the order they are shown in Everything 1.5 (.0.1299a)
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' - space ! # $ & ( ) , . ; @ [ ] _ ` { } ~ + = 0-9 a-z A-Z
For completions sake, the oreder in File Explorer (@Win10):
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space ! # $ & ( ) , . ; @ [ ] _ ` { } ~ + = 0-9 ' - a-z A-Z
So almost the same order, minus
' - Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
In short, use '
ASCII weights in Everything 1.5:
By weight:
00 = 0x0d8c
01 = 0x0d8d
02 = 0x0d8e
03 = 0x0d8f
04 = 0x0d90
05 = 0x0d91
06 = 0x0d92
07 = 0x0d93
08 = 0x0d94
0f = 0x0d9e
10 = 0x0d9f
11 = 0x0da0
12 = 0x0da1
13 = 0x0da2
14 = 0x0da3
15 = 0x0da4
16 = 0x0da5
17 = 0x0da6
18 = 0x0da7
19 = 0x0da8
1a = 0x0da9
1b = 0x0daa
1c = 0x0dab
1d = 0x0dac
1e = 0x0dad
1f = 0x0dae
27 (') = 0x0db7
2d (-) = 0x0dc0
7f (⌂) = 0x0e88
20 ( ) = 0x0fc1
09 = 0x0fc4
0a = 0x0fc5
0b = 0x0fc7
0c = 0x0fc8
0d = 0x0fc9
0e = 0x0fcf
21 (!) = 0x1008
22 (") = 0x1009
23 (#) = 0x100b
24 ($) = 0x100d
25 (%) = 0x100f
26 (&) = 0x1011
28 (() = 0x1013
29 ()) = 0x1016
2a (*) = 0x1019
2c (,) = 0x101b
2e (.) = 0x101f
2f (/) = 0x1021
3a (:) = 0x1023
3b (;) = 0x1027
3f (?) = 0x1029
40 (@) = 0x103f
5b ([) = 0x1040
5c (\) = 0x1042
5d (]) = 0x1043
5e (^) = 0x1044
5f (_) = 0x1045
60 (`) = 0x1049
7b ({) = 0x104b
7c (|) = 0x104d
7d (}) = 0x104f
7e (~) = 0x1051
2b (+) = 0x1163
3c (<) = 0x116e
3d (=) = 0x1172
3e (>) = 0x1174
30 (0) = 0x16c5
31 (1) = 0x16f0
32 (2) = 0x1700
33 (3) = 0x1701
34 (4) = 0x1702
35 (5) = 0x1703
36 (6) = 0x1704
37 (7) = 0x1705
38 (8) = 0x1706
39 (9) = 0x1707
41 (A) = 0x185b
61 (a) = 0x185b
42 (B) = 0x1862
62 (b) = 0x1862
43 (C) = 0x1863
63 (c) = 0x1863
44 (D) = 0x1873
64 (d) = 0x1873
45 (E) = 0x1882
65 (e) = 0x1882
46 (F) = 0x1884
66 (f) = 0x1884
47 (G) = 0x1886
67 (g) = 0x1886
48 (H) = 0x188d
68 (h) = 0x188d
49 (I) = 0x1893
69 (i) = 0x1893
4a (J) = 0x1896
6a (j) = 0x1896
4b (K) = 0x1897
6b (k) = 0x1897
4c (L) = 0x18aa
6c (l) = 0x18aa
4d (M) = 0x1908
6d (m) = 0x1908
4e (N) = 0x194d
6e (n) = 0x194d
4f (O) = 0x1959
6f (o) = 0x1959
50 (P) = 0x195b
70 (p) = 0x195b
51 (Q) = 0x1966
71 (q) = 0x1966
52 (R) = 0x1967
72 (r) = 0x1967
53 (S) = 0x1970
73 (s) = 0x1970
54 (T) = 0x1983
74 (t) = 0x1983
55 (U) = 0x1989
75 (u) = 0x1989
56 (V) = 0x198c
76 (v) = 0x198c
57 (W) = 0x198e
77 (w) = 0x198e
58 (X) = 0x1990
78 (x) = 0x1990
59 (Y) = 0x1991
79 (y) = 0x1991
5a (Z) = 0x1993
7a (z) = 0x1993
By ASCII character:
00 = 0x0600
01 = 0x0601
02 = 0x0602
03 = 0x0603
04 = 0x0604
05 = 0x0605
06 = 0x0606
07 = 0x0607
08 = 0x0608
09 = 0x0705
0a = 0x0706
0b = 0x0707
0c = 0x0708
0d = 0x0709
0e = 0x070e
0f = 0x060f
10 = 0x0610
11 = 0x0611
12 = 0x0612
13 = 0x0613
14 = 0x0614
15 = 0x0615
16 = 0x0616
17 = 0x0617
18 = 0x0618
19 = 0x0619
1a = 0x061a
1b = 0x061b
1c = 0x061c
1d = 0x061d
1e = 0x061e
1f = 0x061f
20 ( ) = 0x0702
21 (!) = 0x071c
22 (") = 0x071d
23 (#) = 0x071f
24 ($) = 0x0721
25 (%) = 0x0723
26 (&) = 0x0725
27 (') = 0x0627
28 (() = 0x0727
29 ()) = 0x072a
2a (*) = 0x072d
2b (+) = 0x0803
2c (,) = 0x072f
2d (-) = 0x062d
2e (.) = 0x0733
2f (/) = 0x0735
30 (0) = 0x0d03
31 (1) = 0x0d19
32 (2) = 0x0d1a
33 (3) = 0x0d1b
34 (4) = 0x0d1c
35 (5) = 0x0d1d
36 (6) = 0x0d1e
37 (7) = 0x0d1f
38 (8) = 0x0d20
39 (9) = 0x0d21
3a (:) = 0x0737
3b (;) = 0x073a
3c (<) = 0x080e
3d (=) = 0x0812
3e (>) = 0x0814
3f (?) = 0x073c
40 (@) = 0x073e
41 (A) = 0x0e02
42 (B) = 0x0e09
43 (C) = 0x0e0a
44 (D) = 0x0e1a
45 (E) = 0x0e21
46 (F) = 0x0e23
47 (G) = 0x0e25
48 (H) = 0x0e2c
49 (I) = 0x0e32
4a (J) = 0x0e35
4b (K) = 0x0e36
4c (L) = 0x0e48
4d (M) = 0x0e51
4e (N) = 0x0e70
4f (O) = 0x0e7c
50 (P) = 0x0e7e
51 (Q) = 0x0e89
52 (R) = 0x0e8a
53 (S) = 0x0e91
54 (T) = 0x0e99
55 (U) = 0x0e9f
56 (V) = 0x0ea2
57 (W) = 0x0ea4
58 (X) = 0x0ea6
59 (Y) = 0x0ea7
5a (Z) = 0x0ea9
5b ([) = 0x073f
5c (\) = 0x0741
5d (]) = 0x0742
5e (^) = 0x0743
5f (_) = 0x0744
60 (`) = 0x0748
61 (a) = 0x0e02
62 (b) = 0x0e09
63 (c) = 0x0e0a
64 (d) = 0x0e1a
65 (e) = 0x0e21
66 (f) = 0x0e23
67 (g) = 0x0e25
68 (h) = 0x0e2c
69 (i) = 0x0e32
6a (j) = 0x0e35
6b (k) = 0x0e36
6c (l) = 0x0e48
6d (m) = 0x0e51
6e (n) = 0x0e70
6f (o) = 0x0e7c
70 (p) = 0x0e7e
71 (q) = 0x0e89
72 (r) = 0x0e8a
73 (s) = 0x0e91
74 (t) = 0x0e99
75 (u) = 0x0e9f
76 (v) = 0x0ea2
77 (w) = 0x0ea4
78 (x) = 0x0ea6
79 (y) = 0x0ea7
7a (z) = 0x0ea9
7b ({) = 0x074a
7c (|) = 0x074c
7d (}) = 0x074e
7e (~) = 0x0750
7f (⌂) = 0x067f
based on weights from LCMapString, which is a little different to the weights used by Unicode.
Everything uses LCMapString so sorting will match Windows Explorer.
ASCII weights in Everything 1.5:
By weight:
00 = 0x0d8c
01 = 0x0d8d
02 = 0x0d8e
03 = 0x0d8f
04 = 0x0d90
05 = 0x0d91
06 = 0x0d92
07 = 0x0d93
08 = 0x0d94
0f = 0x0d9e
10 = 0x0d9f
11 = 0x0da0
12 = 0x0da1
13 = 0x0da2
14 = 0x0da3
15 = 0x0da4
16 = 0x0da5
17 = 0x0da6
18 = 0x0da7
19 = 0x0da8
1a = 0x0da9
1b = 0x0daa
1c = 0x0dab
1d = 0x0dac
1e = 0x0dad
1f = 0x0dae
27 (') = 0x0db7
2d (-) = 0x0dc0
7f (⌂) = 0x0e88
20 ( ) = 0x0fc1
09 = 0x0fc4
0a = 0x0fc5
0b = 0x0fc7
0c = 0x0fc8
0d = 0x0fc9
0e = 0x0fcf
21 (!) = 0x1008
22 (") = 0x1009
23 (#) = 0x100b
24 ($) = 0x100d
25 (%) = 0x100f
26 (&) = 0x1011
28 (() = 0x1013
29 ()) = 0x1016
2a (*) = 0x1019
2c (,) = 0x101b
2e (.) = 0x101f
2f (/) = 0x1021
3a (:) = 0x1023
3b (;) = 0x1027
3f (?) = 0x1029
40 (@) = 0x103f
5b ([) = 0x1040
5c (\) = 0x1042
5d (]) = 0x1043
5e (^) = 0x1044
5f (_) = 0x1045
60 (`) = 0x1049
7b ({) = 0x104b
7c (|) = 0x104d
7d (}) = 0x104f
7e (~) = 0x1051
2b (+) = 0x1163
3c (<) = 0x116e
3d (=) = 0x1172
3e (>) = 0x1174
30 (0) = 0x16c5
31 (1) = 0x16f0
32 (2) = 0x1700
33 (3) = 0x1701
34 (4) = 0x1702
35 (5) = 0x1703
36 (6) = 0x1704
37 (7) = 0x1705
38 (8) = 0x1706
39 (9) = 0x1707
41 (A) = 0x185b
61 (a) = 0x185b
42 (B) = 0x1862
62 (b) = 0x1862
43 (C) = 0x1863
63 (c) = 0x1863
44 (D) = 0x1873
64 (d) = 0x1873
45 (E) = 0x1882
65 (e) = 0x1882
46 (F) = 0x1884
66 (f) = 0x1884
47 (G) = 0x1886
67 (g) = 0x1886
48 (H) = 0x188d
68 (h) = 0x188d
49 (I) = 0x1893
69 (i) = 0x1893
4a (J) = 0x1896
6a (j) = 0x1896
4b (K) = 0x1897
6b (k) = 0x1897
4c (L) = 0x18aa
6c (l) = 0x18aa
4d (M) = 0x1908
6d (m) = 0x1908
4e (N) = 0x194d
6e (n) = 0x194d
4f (O) = 0x1959
6f (o) = 0x1959
50 (P) = 0x195b
70 (p) = 0x195b
51 (Q) = 0x1966
71 (q) = 0x1966
52 (R) = 0x1967
72 (r) = 0x1967
53 (S) = 0x1970
73 (s) = 0x1970
54 (T) = 0x1983
74 (t) = 0x1983
55 (U) = 0x1989
75 (u) = 0x1989
56 (V) = 0x198c
76 (v) = 0x198c
57 (W) = 0x198e
77 (w) = 0x198e
58 (X) = 0x1990
78 (x) = 0x1990
59 (Y) = 0x1991
79 (y) = 0x1991
5a (Z) = 0x1993
7a (z) = 0x1993
By ASCII character:
00 = 0x0600
01 = 0x0601
02 = 0x0602
03 = 0x0603
04 = 0x0604
05 = 0x0605
06 = 0x0606
07 = 0x0607
08 = 0x0608
09 = 0x0705
0a = 0x0706
0b = 0x0707
0c = 0x0708
0d = 0x0709
0e = 0x070e
0f = 0x060f
10 = 0x0610
11 = 0x0611
12 = 0x0612
13 = 0x0613
14 = 0x0614
15 = 0x0615
16 = 0x0616
17 = 0x0617
18 = 0x0618
19 = 0x0619
1a = 0x061a
1b = 0x061b
1c = 0x061c
1d = 0x061d
1e = 0x061e
1f = 0x061f
20 ( ) = 0x0702
21 (!) = 0x071c
22 (") = 0x071d
23 (#) = 0x071f
24 ($) = 0x0721
25 (%) = 0x0723
26 (&) = 0x0725
27 (') = 0x0627
28 (() = 0x0727
29 ()) = 0x072a
2a (*) = 0x072d
2b (+) = 0x0803
2c (,) = 0x072f
2d (-) = 0x062d
2e (.) = 0x0733
2f (/) = 0x0735
30 (0) = 0x0d03
31 (1) = 0x0d19
32 (2) = 0x0d1a
33 (3) = 0x0d1b
34 (4) = 0x0d1c
35 (5) = 0x0d1d
36 (6) = 0x0d1e
37 (7) = 0x0d1f
38 (8) = 0x0d20
39 (9) = 0x0d21
3a (:) = 0x0737
3b (;) = 0x073a
3c (<) = 0x080e
3d (=) = 0x0812
3e (>) = 0x0814
3f (?) = 0x073c
40 (@) = 0x073e
41 (A) = 0x0e02
42 (B) = 0x0e09
43 (C) = 0x0e0a
44 (D) = 0x0e1a
45 (E) = 0x0e21
46 (F) = 0x0e23
47 (G) = 0x0e25
48 (H) = 0x0e2c
49 (I) = 0x0e32
4a (J) = 0x0e35
4b (K) = 0x0e36
4c (L) = 0x0e48
4d (M) = 0x0e51
4e (N) = 0x0e70
4f (O) = 0x0e7c
50 (P) = 0x0e7e
51 (Q) = 0x0e89
52 (R) = 0x0e8a
53 (S) = 0x0e91
54 (T) = 0x0e99
55 (U) = 0x0e9f
56 (V) = 0x0ea2
57 (W) = 0x0ea4
58 (X) = 0x0ea6
59 (Y) = 0x0ea7
5a (Z) = 0x0ea9
5b ([) = 0x073f
5c (\) = 0x0741
5d (]) = 0x0742
5e (^) = 0x0743
5f (_) = 0x0744
60 (`) = 0x0748
61 (a) = 0x0e02
62 (b) = 0x0e09
63 (c) = 0x0e0a
64 (d) = 0x0e1a
65 (e) = 0x0e21
66 (f) = 0x0e23
67 (g) = 0x0e25
68 (h) = 0x0e2c
69 (i) = 0x0e32
6a (j) = 0x0e35
6b (k) = 0x0e36
6c (l) = 0x0e48
6d (m) = 0x0e51
6e (n) = 0x0e70
6f (o) = 0x0e7c
70 (p) = 0x0e7e
71 (q) = 0x0e89
72 (r) = 0x0e8a
73 (s) = 0x0e91
74 (t) = 0x0e99
75 (u) = 0x0e9f
76 (v) = 0x0ea2
77 (w) = 0x0ea4
78 (x) = 0x0ea6
79 (y) = 0x0ea7
7a (z) = 0x0ea9
7b ({) = 0x074a
7c (|) = 0x074c
7d (}) = 0x074e
7e (~) = 0x0750
7f (⌂) = 0x067f
based on weights from LCMapString, which is a little different to the weights used by Unicode.
Everything uses LCMapString so sorting will match Windows Explorer.
Re: What character to use in foldername in order to sort first?
In Windows 7, the Everything sort matches Windows Explorer sort, except for characters apostrophe (') and hyphen (-) which Windows Explorer ignores and looks at the following non-apost non-hyph character's sort order (which is open-square-bracket ([) in this example), but which Everything does not ignore and sorts to the top. And character 127.
Ignore Chr(047) (/) and Chr(092) (\) entries, those are my errors.
I was able to write only 89 87 of the 127 ascii characters to filenames. If I missed a symbol, it's because I didn't use some sort of escaping when generating the names in a silly scripting language.
Ignore Chr(047) (/) and Chr(092) (\) entries, those are my errors.
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'''[Chr(039)][Explorer(014)][Everything(001)].txt
---[Chr(045)][Explorer(015)][Everything(002)].txt
[Chr(127)][Explorer(018)][Everything(003)].txt
[Chr(032)][Explorer(001)][Everything(004)].txt
!!![Chr(033)][Explorer(002)][Everything(005)].txt
###[Chr(035)][Explorer(003)][Everything(006)].txt
$$$[Chr(036)][Explorer(004)][Everything(007)].txt
%%%[Chr(037)][Explorer(005)][Everything(008)].txt
&&&[Chr(038)][Explorer(006)][Everything(009)].txt
((([Chr(040)][Explorer(007)][Everything(010)].txt
)))[Chr(041)][Explorer(008)][Everything(011)].txt
,,,[Chr(044)][Explorer(009)][Everything(012)].txt
...[Chr(046)][Explorer(010)][Everything(013)].txt
;;;[Chr(059)][Explorer(011)][Everything(014)].txt
@@@[Chr(064)][Explorer(012)][Everything(015)].txt
[[[[Chr(091)][Explorer(013)][Everything(016)].txt
(ignore) [Chr(047)][Explorer(016)][Everything(017)].txt
(ignore) [Chr(092)][Explorer(017)][Everything(018)].txt
]]][Chr(093)][Explorer(019)][Everything(019)].txt
^^^[Chr(094)][Explorer(020)][Everything(020)].txt
___[Chr(095)][Explorer(021)][Everything(021)].txt
```[Chr(096)][Explorer(022)][Everything(022)].txt
{{{[Chr(123)][Explorer(023)][Everything(023)].txt
}}}[Chr(125)][Explorer(024)][Everything(024)].txt
~~~[Chr(126)][Explorer(025)][Everything(025)].txt
+++[Chr(043)][Explorer(026)][Everything(026)].txt
===[Chr(061)][Explorer(027)][Everything(027)].txt
000[Chr(048)][Explorer(028)][Everything(028)].txt
111[Chr(049)][Explorer(029)][Everything(029)].txt
222[Chr(050)][Explorer(030)][Everything(030)].txt
333[Chr(051)][Explorer(031)][Everything(031)].txt
444[Chr(052)][Explorer(032)][Everything(032)].txt
555[Chr(053)][Explorer(033)][Everything(033)].txt
666[Chr(054)][Explorer(034)][Everything(034)].txt
777[Chr(055)][Explorer(035)][Everything(035)].txt
888[Chr(056)][Explorer(036)][Everything(036)].txt
999[Chr(057)][Explorer(037)][Everything(037)].txt
AAA[Chr(065)][Explorer(038)][Everything(038)].txt
aaa[Chr(097)][Explorer(039)][Everything(039)].txt
BBB[Chr(066)][Explorer(040)][Everything(040)].txt
bbb[Chr(098)][Explorer(041)][Everything(041)].txt
CCC[Chr(067)][Explorer(042)][Everything(042)].txt
ccc[Chr(099)][Explorer(043)][Everything(043)].txt
DDD[Chr(068)][Explorer(044)][Everything(044)].txt
ddd[Chr(100)][Explorer(045)][Everything(045)].txt
EEE[Chr(069)][Explorer(046)][Everything(046)].txt
eee[Chr(101)][Explorer(047)][Everything(047)].txt
FFF[Chr(070)][Explorer(048)][Everything(048)].txt
fff[Chr(102)][Explorer(049)][Everything(049)].txt
GGG[Chr(071)][Explorer(050)][Everything(050)].txt
ggg[Chr(103)][Explorer(051)][Everything(051)].txt
HHH[Chr(072)][Explorer(052)][Everything(052)].txt
hhh[Chr(104)][Explorer(053)][Everything(053)].txt
III[Chr(073)][Explorer(054)][Everything(054)].txt
iii[Chr(105)][Explorer(055)][Everything(055)].txt
JJJ[Chr(074)][Explorer(056)][Everything(056)].txt
jjj[Chr(106)][Explorer(057)][Everything(057)].txt
KKK[Chr(075)][Explorer(058)][Everything(058)].txt
kkk[Chr(107)][Explorer(059)][Everything(059)].txt
LLL[Chr(076)][Explorer(060)][Everything(060)].txt
lll[Chr(108)][Explorer(061)][Everything(061)].txt
MMM[Chr(077)][Explorer(062)][Everything(062)].txt
mmm[Chr(109)][Explorer(063)][Everything(063)].txt
NNN[Chr(078)][Explorer(064)][Everything(064)].txt
nnn[Chr(110)][Explorer(065)][Everything(065)].txt
OOO[Chr(079)][Explorer(066)][Everything(066)].txt
ooo[Chr(111)][Explorer(067)][Everything(067)].txt
PPP[Chr(080)][Explorer(068)][Everything(068)].txt
ppp[Chr(112)][Explorer(069)][Everything(069)].txt
QQQ[Chr(081)][Explorer(070)][Everything(070)].txt
qqq[Chr(113)][Explorer(071)][Everything(071)].txt
RRR[Chr(082)][Explorer(072)][Everything(072)].txt
rrr[Chr(114)][Explorer(073)][Everything(073)].txt
SSS[Chr(083)][Explorer(074)][Everything(074)].txt
sss[Chr(115)][Explorer(075)][Everything(075)].txt
TTT[Chr(084)][Explorer(076)][Everything(076)].txt
ttt[Chr(116)][Explorer(077)][Everything(077)].txt
UUU[Chr(085)][Explorer(078)][Everything(078)].txt
uuu[Chr(117)][Explorer(079)][Everything(079)].txt
VVV[Chr(086)][Explorer(080)][Everything(080)].txt
vvv[Chr(118)][Explorer(081)][Everything(081)].txt
WWW[Chr(087)][Explorer(082)][Everything(082)].txt
www[Chr(119)][Explorer(083)][Everything(083)].txt
XXX[Chr(088)][Explorer(084)][Everything(084)].txt
xxx[Chr(120)][Explorer(085)][Everything(085)].txt
YYY[Chr(089)][Explorer(086)][Everything(086)].txt
yyy[Chr(121)][Explorer(087)][Everything(087)].txt
ZZZ[Chr(090)][Explorer(088)][Everything(088)].txt
zzz[Chr(122)][Explorer(089)][Everything(089)].txt