# Grouping folders/shortcut folders together

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943 "2021-03-01T00:30:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b5e925/32.png) [@ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ykovich)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943/1 "2021-03-01T00:30:35Z")

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In my downloads folder, I have shortcuts to other folders in different areas so that I can quickly drag/drop the appropriate files to their destination. I have downloaded a script that allows me to sort by File Group Types and that has helped me merge all the video files into a group but I can not find a way to make it work with folders/shortcuts.

You can not add extensions to the 'all folders' settings and making a group using .lnk and .dir does not seem to work either.

Also, lower priority, but is there a way to modify the spacing between items and the spacing between groups? The spacing is a little excessive imo and I want a more compact look so I can see more without having to reduce the thumbnail size.

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943/2 "2021-03-01T00:34:40Z")

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Preferences / Folders / Folder Behaviour / Sort shortcuts to folders like folders

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**Author:** ![ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b5e925/32.png) [@ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ykovich)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943/3 "2021-03-01T22:26:31Z")

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Interesting. I was about to say there is always a setting for everything but in fact I did have this toggled on already.

I had it grouped by type before and now I have it grouped by file type group -- is it possible that this settings works just for sorting but not for the grouping? Or maybe there is another setting haha

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943/4 "2021-03-02T01:07:00Z")

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We both seem to be conflating sorting and grouping here. My mistake as well.

If you're grouping by a script column, how the groups are defined is up to the script. You could edit it to make it put shortcuts to folders in the same group as folders.

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**Author:** ![ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b5e925/32.png) [@ykovich](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ykovich)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/grouping-folders-shortcut-folders-together/37943/5 "2021-03-02T19:39:48Z")

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So the script uses the file type groups settings that are in the settings to make the groups, and I have made groups for videos, images, etc.

Here is the script you actually posted it coincidentally [(file type group sort url)](https://resource.dopus.com/t/column-kind-and-file-type-group/24529)

The only problem with the grouping I am having is with respect to getting folders to sort into a different group than their default/add shortcuts to the folders file type group.