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How can I browse files on a detached external hard drive with windows explorer [duplicate]
Windows OS related - Is it possible to browse external hard drives that have been detached from the system?
Let's say I have an external drive and although I haven't attached it to the system I could ...
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Display size of files categorized per extension
I am looking for a Windows(7) utility which displays the space taken up (under a folder) categorized by the file extension, like .obj = 83.5 MB (255 files), .sdf = 87.8 MB (1 file).
Does anyone know ...
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Browsing Android .apk files on windows
Is there any application or any Windows explorer plugin that can show '.apk' files like when you brows them in android file browsers? I mean showing icon of program, its version, ...
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Delete duplicate filenames from filesystem [duplicate]
How would I write a simple script to remove files with the same name and/or md5 checksum from a target filesystem? I'm sure in a Unix like system this is simple but I'm actually trying to get one ...
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Continuously copy all file changes from one folder to another on change (Windows)
I'm working on a massive Java web application which is kept under centralized version control, but the source files are used to build and run the actual server, which then copies all the files I work ...
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How to star pictures so that only starred can be exported/copied?
What is an ideal system for starring nice photos that enables to select only the starred pictures in Explorer or other programs?
E.g., any software stack where user can go through 2k photos, select ...
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How can I move files between folders and subfolders using a Windows script?
I am moving .jpg files from a directory and its subdirectories on a daily basis and then deleting them. To make this easier I created 2 batch files: One that moves the files and one that deletes them. ...
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Checking files on an external drive to whole computer for duplicates
I'm looking to use an external drive for a new purpose and want to see which, if any, files on it are not already on my main pc.
I've seen comparison programs that can compare folders or one drive to ...
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How do I dissociate a program from a file type?
If I have a file.class and I opened it with Notepad, how do I destroy that association so that Notepad is not associated with .class? I do not want to change the .class association to another program ...
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Move a file to archive folder in cmd using wildcards
I'm using this command:
move C:\folder\*.txt C:\folder\archive\*.txt
I'm trying to move multiple files to an archive folder using the *.txt but I get an error that states it cannot find the file ...
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PC to PC file transfer over internet
I use a Windows XP PC and have a file of about 700mb, that I would like to copy to another PC (Win XP) over internet. None of the PCs have have a static IP from ISP. How can I transfer the file? I ...
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Can I give different permission for files and folders?
Is it possible to create difference permissions for subfolders and files in a network shared?
Users are allow to modify files but not modify any folder in the network shared.
If possible, users can ...
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Current alternative to the old CHECKSUM program
I'm looking for an application that does md5/sha hash check on specific files/folders periodically and store an index file per folder for future verification. I remember such application exist in DOS ...
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speeding up deleting thousands of files in windows explorer [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Mass deleting files in Windows
I know, using the command-line but often this is not possible, e.g deleting the result of a search in Windows Explorer or I'm just too ...
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Changing the locations shown on the side of the 'open' panel
Sometimes, when accessing documents from within programs on Windows, you have this popup:
How can I change the locations that appear on the left side of this popup?
(I say sometimes because other ...
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Backup software. Simple, free, schedulable. Know of any? [closed]
I know of backup software, like Toucan and Acronis, but as I knew them, they don't do what I want.
What I am looking for is something keeps a copy of a few files and directories on another hard ...
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How can you move/copy all files of a specific file extension to a directory in windows vista?
How can i move all files of the same extension into another folder using cmd?
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How to tidy music mp3 files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Auto-tagging MP3s
I have thousands of MP3 files and it is really messy all over place. Some in drive E and F. There are a lot of duplicates files in many different ...
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Is there a tool to batch fix UTF-8 filenames back from ISO-8859-1
I downloaded a lot of files within multiple subdirectories from a remote FTP server, the issue is that these files have non latin file names and they downloaded with weird characters like: ë, Ã, ì, ...
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Reset Photoshop File Associations
Is there a way to reset Photoshop's file associations without having to reinstall? I had CS6 and CS5.5 installed side by side, and when I uninstalled CS5.5 it removed the file associations.
I tried ...
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Move all files of type to a new folder in windows 7
Can anyone help on this.
I have mp3 files all over the shop and therefore a lot of duplicates.
What i need is a command line function that will move all files of type mp3 to a new folder. I'm not ...
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Windows tool to help tag a file by renaming it?
I'm looking for a tool like Tabbles which lets me tag a file. The problem with Tabbles, is that it's very platform dependent and it's not portable. If I tag a file with it and pass on the same file to ...
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Program for remove exact duplicate files while caching search results
We need a Windows 7 program to remove/check the duplicates but our situation is somewhat different than the standard one for which there are enough programs.
We have a fairly large static archive ...
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Select a default program for filenames with no extension? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows?
Windows did not let me make a program default for opening file that have no filename ...
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Does a file system like WinFS actually exist?
Did anyone actually release a relational file system like WinFS? I'm aware that different parts of WinFS got implemented into different products but does a relational file system like Microsoft ...
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Undelete utility for Windows with Sync capability before undeleting
I accidentally deleted a large >200GB folder of files from a USB drive, which given the size of the folder was not put in the recycle bin. Whilst I can undelete this manually using a tool such as ...
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File manager with tags and video preview
Is there a tagged file manager with video previews that you get in the normal windows explorer?
I tried these tagged file managers and none of them have a video preview for videos, often showing ...
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OSX Document Package on Windows ? Or hiding the contents of a directory as a single file?
On OSX there's the concept of a Document Package, which is basically a directory that is shown to the user as a single file. This is the Apple documentation about it:
If your document file formats ...
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Find and move hidden files from sub-directories with batch file not working
I'm trying to use this batch file to find and move files... but it does not work on hidden files.
What's missing?
@echo off
setlocal
set root=E:\backup
set dest=E:\Tmp
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir ...
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Tool for managing file routing on Windows XP
I would like to be able to see when a file is created/read/edited, and be able to reroute thoughs events to a new location the next time that transaction is executed to another local file path.
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Looking for a Norton Commander -like file manager to connect via SSH to a linux server from Windows
I am looking for a tool to manage files on a remote linux computer via a SSH session from my windows 7 computer. I want this tool to help me copy files from one folder on that computer to another ...
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Can I answer “No to All” when doing a copy in Windows?
When copying/merging large directory structures under Windows, is it possible to do something like "Yes to all" but in reverse so that all existing files are not overwritten?
There is a similar ...
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Find and Replace File Utility
I have a structure of folders, each containing a file with the same name "Client - Document.docx". Is there a utility or expedient method (running Windows XP) to replace each of these files with an ...
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Which Windows Explorer replacements have this feature: takes over folder open operations?
There have been at least a few threads about Explorer replacements, aka alternative file managers, here on Superuser. The go-to thread seems to be this one:
Replacement for Windows Explorer?
But ...
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Redirect folder on one HDD to a folder on another HDD (Windows 7)
This may be a simple question but I couldn't find any answers - folder redirection usually refers to redirecting profile folders only.
I have 2 hard drives in my laptop: C: and D:. C: is an SSD, D: ...
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Looking for batch automation program to reorganize/move/sort files into a new folder/directory structure based on file name content (Windows)
I have music files that already have artist name and title in the file name. However the files are currently not well organised in folders.
I don't require audio-fingerprinting.
Is there a program ...
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Move Folders Containing Certain File
I'm trying to sort out a bunch of folders in Windows 7. I have a bunch of folders and some contain a file index.txt and some don't. What I want to do is move the folders that do have index.txt into a ...
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Is there a Windows GUI application that can perform file management functions on my Linux box?
Is there anything like an FTP program available that will allow me more control over file management on my Linux box?
I'd like to be able to do things like create archives and unzip archives. At the ...
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Is there a way to use * in the destination of cp, mv, etc?
In the Windows Command Prompt you can do this kind of thing:
ren *.doc *.txt
copy my-precious-document.doc *-backup.doc
Is there a way to do this is the Linux (including OS X) world? It's a very ...
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How could I transfer files to a PC, but not allow to download them again?
I'm looking for suggestions on setting up a Windows 7 PC so that a remote worker can upload any type of file TO the PC, but must never be able to download or transfer any files from the PC, including ...
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When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later
When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later. Also, when I move files, they not only re-appear where I moved them from, they are also where I moved them ...
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Is there a free solution for watching a folder for changes and copying specific files on change?
What I want isn't very much and I can't seem to find any free software to do it for me. I really don't want to make my own program seeing as this seems like a common scenario.
Watch a specific ...
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Which remote file managers for Windows don't require port forwarding?
You should be able to connect to the host computer easily and access all the harddisk, usb-sticks and network drives remotely, without needing to use port forwarding on the router (so no FTP). I do ...
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Opensource duplicate finder for directories?
Is there an open source tool that will tell me if two directories have byte-for-byte identical content? I need a tool that confirms if two directories are the same. A listing of files that I need to ...
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1answer
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Utility to browse recent files in Windows?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a recent files browser utility for Windows?
I'm looking for something like NirSoft's RecentFilesView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/recent_files_view.html
But I ...
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Tool/Utility for copying one file inside another
I'm looking for Tool/Utility with which I could copy one file inside another, but with option to specify target location in second file. And it must overwrite overlapping content not insert.
for ...
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What are users doing that cause .lnk files to be created on a fileserver
Looking to do hard drive cleanup and I am finding huge amounts of shortcuts on the fileserver created by a few different users.
I wonder if there is something about their computer's setup, or their ...
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What could give inconsistent figures on the number of files in a folder?
In Windows XP, when I clicked "Properties" on a folder, it said
Size: 788 MB (826,867,591 bytes)
Size on disk: 806 MB (845,590,528 bytes)
Contains: 8,772 Files, 0 Folders
When I entered the folder, ...
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Does there exist a folder content reporter with printing and filtering?
Is there a utility that will generate a list of all file-names of a particular type in a given folder, and allow that list to be printed?
Windows search fulfills my UI wish-list but the search ...
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1answer
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How the files in Windows 7's HD looks like duplicated, even when accessed via Ubuntu?
I have my "Downloads" folder in Windows 7, and I have dual boot with Ubuntu. So I mounted the Windows 7's partition of the HD to copy the files from my "Downloads" folder, and I discovered that there ...
