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When importing NZB I noticed small files like sfv and nfo are at the bottom of the queue list order, is there anyway to auto queue them to start at the top? Otherwise I have to pause all downloads and on each import manually move them to the top in check boxed progress view which becomes tedious.

Why do you want them early?

Some reasons

- early review of download, eg; samples, nfo (info read) jpgs.
Not only is it nice to do so but would be beneficial if you decide u don't need it or quality issue and can stop the dl.

- fxp/ftp transfer to other locations with sfv verify check. I use this method when transferring dl to another drive or networked node etc... why? because over some networks and computers you can get corruptions in the transfer the best copy method I've found to detect this is via fxp and sfv check on each file. It's not common but believe me when you've had it happen to you before there's nothing worse then having files corrupt during transfer and not knowing about it. This way I can see if it happens and tackle any problem right away. Having the sfv files coming in first allows me to start the xfer early if transfer speeds are slow.

- time stamps [file time stamp]
most ppl probably don't look but some do. If you sort/view by date which I do for organising where I'm up to and file tracking if small files aren't first they look scattered in the dir. Reason for this is most usenet programs dl in threads of more than one so when small files connect to a thread they finish much faster than an archive file so they are no longer last in the listing but somewhere towards the middle end which looks messy if you sort by date.

I think a lot of this is useful for users that don't unpack, but even if u do u can still keep the files for verification or re-upload in future.