Sorting the same way Windows Explorer does

.ps1

$array = @('1a2a5773', '0fe68296', '01b7f045')
$expected = @('0fe68296', '01b7f045', '1a2a5773')

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Write-Host 'Bad:' # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/5429048/4880243
$array | Sort-Object { [regex]::Replace($_, '\d+', { $args[0].Value.PadLeft(20) }) }

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Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public static class NaturalSort
{
	[DllImport("Shlwapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
	private static extern int StrCmpLogicalW(string psz1, string psz2);
	public static string[] Sort(string[] array)
	{
		System.Array.Sort(array, (psz1, psz2) => StrCmpLogicalW(psz1, psz2));
		return array;
	}
}
"@

Write-Host 'Good:' # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/65527560/4880243
[NaturalSort]::Sort($array)

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function NaturalSort-Object {
	[CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding=$false)]
	param (
		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
		$InputObject,

		[Parameter(Position=0)]
		[string]$PropertyOrExpression,

		[switch]$Descending
	)
	begin {
		Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Collections;
public static class Shlwapi_StrCmpLogicalW
{
	[DllImport("Shlwapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
	private static extern int StrCmpLogicalW(string psz1, string psz2);

	public class Comparer : IComparer
	{
		int IComparer.Compare(object x, object y)
		{
			return StrCmpLogicalW(x.ToString(), y.ToString());
		}
	}

	public class ReversedComparer : IComparer
	{
		int IComparer.Compare(object x, object y)
		{
			return StrCmpLogicalW(y.ToString(), x.ToString());
		}
	}

	public static TValue[] Sorted<TValue>(string[] keys, TValue[] items)
	{
		System.Array.Sort(keys, items, new Comparer());
		return items;
	}

	public static TValue[] SortedDescending<TValue>(string[] keys, TValue[] items)
	{
		System.Array.Sort(keys, items, new ReversedComparer());
		return items;
	}
}
"@
		$keys = @()		
		$items = @()
	}
	process {
		if ($PropertyOrExpression -is [string]) {
            $keys += ($InputObject | Select-Object -Property $Property)
        } 
		elseif ($PropertyOrExpression -is [scriptblock]) {
            $keys += ($InputObject | Select-Object $PropertyOrExpression)
        }
		else {
			throw 'No property or expression provided'
		}
		$items += $_
	}
	end {
		if ($Descending) {
			return [Shlwapi_StrCmpLogicalW]::SortedDescending($keys, $items)
		}
		else {
			return [Shlwapi_StrCmpLogicalW]::Sorted($keys, $items)
		}
	}
}

Write-Host 'Good (my take):'
$array | NaturalSort-Object

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# Bad:
# 0fe68296
# 1a2a5773
# 01b7f045
# Good:
# 0fe68296
# 01b7f045
# 1a2a5773
# Good (my take):
# 0fe68296
# 01b7f045
# 1a2a5773