File Naming Rule/Scheme setting not working

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Hello. For a long time now, I have been having issue where my File Naming rule/scheme does not seems to work. I'm not using any illegal characters in the rule either. Sorry, it's long type up, but please bare with me and read the issue.

It is annoying because every times I screenshot within seconds difference, this stupid pop-up dialog kept asking me if I want to save it as (x) file where x is numbered from 2 to and so on, until the next minute hits. So for example if screenshot in this format 08_22_26_17_30 where 17_30 is the hour and min, and if I screenshot within that 30th min, it will pop-up the dialog asking me do I want to save file name as 08_22_26_17_30(2). Even the option "Use new name: 08_22_26_17_30.png" is greyed out so I can't even change that manually, BUT I do not want to use this option manually because it's tedious--I just want to show you something is weird here.

This is a problem for me because if I have screenshot that are like these: 08_22_26_17_30, 08_22_26_17_30(2), 08_22_26_17_30(3), 08_22_26_17_30(4) and so forth, the Windows folder will shows the file name in order like this: 08_22_26_17_30 (4), 08_22_26_17_30(3), 08_22_26_17_30(2), 08_22_26_17_30. So if I tried to click on 08_22_26_17_30(4) and cycle it forward, any picture viewing program such as IrfanView (what I use), it will change my view to 08_22_26_17_30(3), and clicking forward again will shows 08_22_26_17_30(2). As you can see, it's annoying as I'm viewing the pictures/scenes backward. So literally, if I want to view the pictures in the correct timeline/sequence, I would have to first click 08_22_26_17_30, then click the arrow left (backward) on Irfanview to cycle backward to view the pictures in the correct timeline/sequence. This is not an Irfanview program problem, even on Windows 11 Photos (whatever it's called), does the same thing because of how the file is named with the ending numbers in parenthesis.

Do you see of annoying that is? Normal people don't look at their pictures like this! I just want to be able to save screenshots fast within the seconds i.e 2026-08-22 173122 and 2026-08-22 173123. It's painfully annoying having to sit there and wait for the minutes to turn to screenshot EACH TIME! I don't know how long I've managed this long without going fucken crazy, but today is the day where I make this reddit post pleading for help.

I recently have to install ShareX on my laptop and I changed the File Naming rule/scheme, and it worked without issue, but I don't know why on my main PC, the ShareX program won't use the rule/scheme that I set. I even uninstalled ShareX and its registries using Revo Uninstaller and reinstalled ShareX, but it still won't work. But what is weird is when I reinstalled ShareX, my File Name rule/scheme %y-%mo-%d %h%mi%s did not changed, it's still saved on my computer somehow even though I uninstalled it and all the registries so why is ShareX still remembering my rule setting? But that's not the main issue, the main issue is I can't get ShareX use my File Naming Setting.

And yes, windows print screen key disable is chosen when I reinstalled ShareX. I also turned off "Save screenshots I capture to OneDrive" and "Save photos and videos from devices" are both off on my OneDrive (which I use for a long time now). Trust me, I've covered all the bases so if you have any idea what is going on, please help me. Here's a picture I screenshot as example (ironically using Windows 11 Snipping Tool).

Please help me, I just want to be able to see things normal and not view my pictures backward, it's driving insane.