Windows 8 libraries don't sort/group by metadata (like Windows 7 could)

One of the great things about the Windows 7 libraries was the way they let you group and sort the stuff in them. For example, in the music library you could sort by artist, and it would group them by albums (see attached).
By contrast, the Windows 8 libraries (at least on my computer - if I'm doing something wrong let me know...) are completely crippled. In particular:
files that are stored in subdirectories are only ever shown by folder - the libraries view will not sort these by any metadata (such as date, album, artist, author, ...); and
even files that are in one of the root directories indexed by the library will not be sorted and grouped as usefully as in the Windows 7 libraries. You get to choose one thing to group by, and one thing to sort by. And every view shows every song - no nice
collecting into albums or dates as in the Windows 7 view.
(see attached - in this picture the 8 files listed are in C:\Users\[me]\Music, while the remaining files are in subfolders).
Is there any way to make Windows 8 libraries work like Windows 7's?
(In the case of music, I note that the Xbox Music Metro app has no difficulty sorting the library in various ways (although, from memory, it didn't work when it was originally released) - but the photos app doesn't and I'm not sure about videos).
(As a subscript, I note that the screenshots in this thread seem to suggest that Windows 8 at least once had the same functionality as Windows
7, albeit that there is no cover art shown in that pic. So it's entirely possible that it's something I'm doing wrong (but I have no idea what...).
Any ideas?

Hi,
Based on my test, we can use the following setting to sort by artist.
If you cannot see the option, please restore the Default Libraries to check the result.
1.Open an Explorer window.
2.In the Navigation Pane, right click on Libraries, and click on Restore Default Libraries.
Regards,
Kelvin Xu
TechNet Community Support

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</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>System</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
<Extend>false</Extend>
</ModifyPartition>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Media</Label>
<Letter>D</Letter>
<Order>2</Order>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
</DiskConfiguration>
<WindowsDeploymentServices>
<Login>
<Credentials>
<Domain>*********</Domain>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Password>*********</Password>
</Credentials>
</Login>
<ImageSelection>
<InstallImage>
<ImageGroup>ImageGroup1</ImageGroup>
<ImageName>TCImage</ImageName>
<Filename>Install.wim</Filename>
</InstallImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
</ImageSelection>
</WindowsDeploymentServices>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/discwin8e/sources/install.wim#Windows Embedded 8 Standard" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
Anyone know how to fix it?
Regards

Well, the setuperr.log contains (Check next image link, I can't add it using hyperlink or image):
http://oi61.tinypic.com/sxkjt5.jpg
I have tried to add a Catalog component, but I don't know that I should write in "sourceLocation".
Regards

WDS "windows setup could not configure Windows on this computer's hardware"

I use WDS on a 2008 R2 server to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise with SP1 64-bit custom images to a variety of devices within our enterprise. This has worked flawlessly for two years. I have three desktop models and three laptop models (all HP) that share
a common .wim image. I PXE boot a desktop and choose the image file to deploy. It deploys like magic - until this past week. HP sent us a replacement drive for warranty repair on one computer and on that one PC I started seeing the "Windows setup
could not configure Windows on this computer's hardware" message after deploying Windows 7. The image deploys just fine, the computer reboots just fine, services are set up, all devices are detected. As soon as "Setup is installing devices" hits
100% and the "Setup is applying system settings" phase begins, that message appears. After researching the error and pulling the logs that Microsoft's KB 2466753 describes, it seemed that my problem was related to an "Advanced Format"
disk in that new computer. What I don't get is that they state that this problem was resolved in SP1 (which is what I'm deploying!). So, I started downloading storage drivers to my boot image thinking that maybe a newer driver would fix things. Eventually
(many drivers later), I got the new hard drive to successfully take my Windows 7 image. Here's where it all went to pieces. No sooner had I corrected the problem on that ONE machine, that none of my other machines would successfully re-image. After
2 years of flawless operation, now all my computer models exhibit this same error (except the one with the new replacement drive). After recreating my boot image in WDS (being sure to pull it from a Win 7 SP1 DVD) and adding every driver in WDS practically,
I've gotten all but one particular model to successfully image. No matter what drivers I add (keep in mind, that no drivers have been removed
from WDS during any of this process), the HP z210 desktops I use will not accept the image. Microsoft suggests flipping BIOS settings but why the heck would I want to do that on every machine when their BIOS settings have never been a problem
before this? They also say I should only need to download special Intel drivers if my disks are set up with RAID - which they are not. Anyway, as a test, I inserted a standard Windows 7 Enterprise with SP1 64-bit DVD (same one I used to extract my boot.wim)
and installed Windows on that model with no trouble at all. I only get this error when deploying through WDS. I'm at my wits end and would appreciate any and all help at this point. Thank you!

Hi,
Based on my understanding, the current situation is all other computers deployment is fine but z210 desktops.
If so, it seems like you have the incorrect driver in WDS for that particular computer z210 desktops you used.
I suggest install it from WDS without driver for test.
In addition, you can post this issue in
Setup Deployment to check the WDS setting issue.
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1) You can get a good computer using either a Win8 machine or a Mac.
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3) You can probably do everything you need on the PC platform with the right SW (you probably already know this since you are using one already).
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I use VMware Fusion to run those Win programs I already owned because it was much less expensive to buy Fusion than to replace them.
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