Solved How to Reformat "Save as" Dialogue Box


fwshaw

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I've had Windows 11 Pro for about 6 weeks and this is driving me crazy; not that it is to "bad" but that I can't change it. Any help or insight would be appreciated.

Systems Infor: Windows 11 Pro, Ver: 22H2, OS build: 22621.2361 Experience: 1000.22674.1000.0

The problem is the "Save as" dialogue box list: ^Today, ^Yesterday, ^Last Week, ^Last Month, ^etc. I want that format removed. (See attached image with notations).
I removed that format from File Explorer by changing modifying the "By Group" setting. But, I've found no way to made a change in the "Save as" dialogue box. What am I missing...likely something simple, but never the less I would really like to get back to a standard listing.

Save as Removal 2023-10-09.jpg

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Regards,
FWS
 
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Windows 11 Pro, Ver: 22H2, OS build: 22621.2361 Experience: 1000.22674.1000.0

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you have explorer grouped by date modified. right click in the blank area there and group by > none (or whatever option you want)
 

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I removed that format from File Explorer by changing modifying the "By Group" setting. But, I've found no way to made a change in the "Save as" dialogue box.

...right click in the blank area there and group by > none (or whatever option you want)
Thanks. I never knew you could chose 'Group by' in a Save as dialog, you live and learn :wink:
I suspect that Group by.. (none) would be what fwshaw would want to use.
 

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    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.
And, just like that, all is back to "normal" just as I wanted. Very much appreciate you replying to my question.

And, just as I expected, I was overlooking a rather basic Windows option. Again, thank you for taking a few minutes to answer my question. A minor but frustrating and nagging annoyance of mine has been squashed. Thanks...as I can now move forward to enjoy Windows 11 and my new i9 laptop.

Regards,
fwshaw
 

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    64.0 GB
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    WD Black SN850x NVMe 1TB, MSI M450 2TB
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