How to Disable Auto Arrange in File Explorer to have Free Sorting in Windows 8 and 8.1
In Windows 8, auto arrange is enabled by default so that all file and folder names in File Explorer are sorted alphabetically no matter what folder view you used.
This is basically like having how you can arrange icons how you like on your desktop in every folder in Files Explorer now.
This will show you how to disable Auto Arrange to be able to sort your files and folders in any random order you like in File Explorer without it having to be sorted alphabetically by name in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1. Windows 8 will also remember these random folder sortings, and open as how they were when the window was last closed...