Questions tagged [file-organization]
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I need an automatic way of making a lot of numbered folders
I need 100 or more folders named like such: ch.000, ch.001, ch.002, etc. In this case I need it to go up to ch.094 but I will need to create more folders later. That may be more or less folders, but ...
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How many folders can I put in one Windows folder?
I have a 10M folders. Each folder contains 13 files.
All these folders I would like to put in one main folder (root).
Is there any limitation in Windows Server for that?
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/usr/local or /opt on Windows
On Linux systems, you have directory trees like /usr/local or /opt where you can put "custom-installed" applications which don't have a package in your distribution and, thus, do not fit nicely into ...
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Batch move a folder's content up one level
It is a simple task, in some instances but I have thousands of files inside hundreds of folders that I want to move up.
The directory structure goes like this:
C:\Photos\subject\randomnumbers\...
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When should I put programs in "Program Files" and when "Program Files (x86)"?
I'm using Vista, and installers often choose one of the two "Program Files" folders (regular or (x86).) When I have the choice (i.e., there is no installer) how should I choose? Does it ever matter?
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Need to reorganize pictures in folders named by date [closed]
Does someone know of any software/technique to reorganize image files in folders named by date?
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How are Linux files and applications organized?
I'm a newbie Linux (Ubuntu) user and I'll like to know if someone can give some advices of where to install stuff, which folders don't touch, which is the meaning of each folder and so on.
My first ...
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Read files inside directory and group them on new sub-directory (creating the subdir and renaming the file)
I've performed a recovery for old deleted files! The process was a complete success and recovered files from years ago.
Now the problem is going through all the 400000 files recovered of the type JPG ...
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is there a way to enable Colored Emojis in windows file explorer
using emojis in windows file explorer (file and folder names for example) always show in black/white version of the emojis
but i noticed that in windows 11 explorer tabs the colored emojis are ...
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Music organization into folders for Linux(Ubuntu/Debian)? [closed]
I have a few folders with randomly assorted music files. I'm looking for a tool or utility that can read the ID3 tags, and then build and populate a folder structure in the format:
some dir/Artist/...
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How to use audiofingerprint sw (which?) to organise music by artist alphabetically, then artist then album/single/ep title? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names
Some audio files from my CD collection don't have any meta data/name or are incomplete. I'd like to use ...
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Visual/Spatial Mind Map/Flow Chart File Structure Organization Software? [closed]
Short story:
I'm looking for a software to visually organize files. The layout should look something like a mind mapping software, only with files instead of mere text snippets. It should also be ...
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How to create unique folders for hundreds of documents (Mac)
I've got a few hundred (maybe even a thousand) PDF files; I'd like to have each of them in individual folders, ideally with a hierarchy I can design on the fly as I go.
Is there a reasonable way to ...
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Find and delete duplicated files in different disks and directories
I have hundreds of thousands files distributed in many external disks and disks in computers and many are duplicated. This mess was caused by myself creating copies for safety proposal. From time to ...
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Copy/move certain file types from subfolders to a common folder
Situation:
Numerous sub-folders with random folder names containing several files with random names. Some I want to retain, others can be deleted.
Goal:
Move the files with extensions: *.exe *.pdf *...
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Is installing programs outside of the default 'Program Files' directory wise?
For example, if I were to break up applications in such a way that games go to C:\Games\, development ones go to C:\Dev and etc, is this wise?
I know that it can be done and is quite a common ...
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How to make all files in any folder in Windows sorted by date created?
When I sort files in folders I normally do it by name or by date created.
My problem is that in Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, date created is not a native sort criteria and it has to specially be turned on ...
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How to traverse a directory tree, running a command on each file there?
Using cmd.exe after a cursory look though of the output of help for:
Command: FOR /R \Music %file IN (*.flac *.wav *.aif) DO C:flac.exe -f -8 %file
Response: %file was unexpected at this time.
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File System Architecture Software
Is there any command line utility to find ALL directories and files associated with a particular program (including pre-installed programs such as bash commands)? I want to compartmentalize all of my ...
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How to use Windows file filtering in thumbnails view
If you view a folder in details mode and look at the columns header you'll see an arrow next to every one of the properties (name, size, album, artist, etc.). Clicking that arrow gives you a menu ...
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How to permanently disable "Expand to current folder" feature?
I usually use the Navigation pane to move files to their folders..
I don't like that "Expand to current folder" change the look and position of my fav folders that i need.
So I disable this ...
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Eclipse: Organising Files
I want to import a project that I'm planning to build upon. The problem is that it is very messy; with source files, class files and libraries under one directory. How would I organise these files ...
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Thousands of images, date based directory structure - how?
I have thousands of images dumped into one big directory. Most images have an file name according to YYYY-MM-DD-misc-keyword.ext. I would now like to create a directory structure where each directory ...
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Firefox downloading [closed]
There are questions about this from years back, but the add-in recommended is no longer available. I would like to do two things: 1. I want to organize the files that I download according to the file ...
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How can I stop windows explorer differentiate version information when I group files by type
In windows 7, when I group files by type, it automatically group files by different versions. For example. Word 97-2003 files and Word 2010 files are grouped in two groups. How can I make windows ...
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Windows 7 Professional: relocate user-data + programs
From what I've seen on the web, there's no 100% reliable approach in Windows 7 to relocate user documents and third-party programs to a new location, e.g. the O/S on a dedicated SSD and the user-data ...
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How can I improve window/session/instance/tab/file management and organization in notepad++?
I love notepad++ and I use it every day for almost everything.
I am now coming up on 1,000 tabs open. Most of these tabs are like new 459, new 782, etc.
I find what I like to do is safe everything I ...
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belvedere alternative [closed]
Is there an alternative for the application belvedere? Something that I could use to move files from my download folder, into their respective folders.
For example, if I download a .exe file, the ...
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Move multiple files by the date in file name into month named folders using a batch file script
@ECHO ON
SET "Src=H:\Trial\Testing"
SET "Dest=H:\Trial\Testing"
FOR /F "USEBACKQ TOKENS=1 DELIMS=- " %%A IN (`DIR /B "%Src%\*.pdf"`) DO (
IF NOT EXIST &...
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Separate different filetypes of movies to different folders on my NAS
Background: I have more than 500 movies on my NAS. My Family could watch those movies wherever they are.
The main problem is my Synology DS215J NAS device can not play *.avi files, but can play mkv, ...
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Move files and create folders script on windows?
Here's the situation: I have about 200k images on a folders (they're divided into thousands of subfolders). What i want to do:
Create a undefined amount of subfolders in another folder
move 500 ...
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sort audio files from photo files
I am trying to help an older family member sort through their files.
What I would like to do is look through all the sub directories and make separate folders with the filenames.
example:
root > ...
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How do I manage My Computer? [closed]
My Computer is completely cluttered with folders and highly disorganized.
Today, I wanted to take a backup but I couldn't because I didn't know what to backup and what not to, and I did not want to ...
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What is NIS (network Information Service) and why do large organizations use it?
I am curious what NIS (Network Information Service) is and why do large organizations use it?
From what I know it is a way for people to log in on their account from another computer. What is an ...
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How do you organise your files/folders? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Organized Dictionary structure?
I would like to know how do you organise your files/folder for downloads, documents, pictures, movies, etc
I have 3 drives as follows:
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