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Hello everyone,
I'm currently in a major file sorting and reorganizing operation. Basically I'm sick during winter vacation and figured this is the maximum I can get my brain to do.
Anyways, I'm kinda unhappy with the way Windows Explorer works (XP here). Total Commander seems better in some regards, but worse in others (renaming files?)
So, since I already found great tips here (still loving Launchy - TL search for it, but please don't make this a Launchy thread) and the search function didn't have a lot going in terms of Explorer, I just bluntly ask:
What do you use to organize files? What's the major selling point of your application?
Thanks in advance,
inde
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I use total commander for all my file browsing / organizing and it works perfectly for me. Hint: shitf + f6 to rename files. Also ctrl + m brings out something that is called a "Multi-rename tool" that i have not used ever but looks like it might be useful for you.
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On February 22 2011 22:42 rethos wrote:
I use total commander for all my file browsing / organizing and it works perfectly for me. Hint: shitf + f6 to rename files. Also ctrl + m brings out something that is called a "Multi-rename tool" that i have not used ever but looks like it might be useful for you.
This. There really isnt anything better than total commander, as far as file management goes.
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South Africa4316 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:33 indecision wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm currently in a major file sorting and reorganizing operation. Basically I'm sick during winter vacation and figured this is the maximum I can get my brain to do.
Anyways, I'm kinda unhappy with the way Windows Explorer works (XP here). Total Commander seems better in some regards, but worse in others (renaming files?)
So, since I already found great tips here (still loving Launchy - TL search for it, but please don't make this a Launchy thread) and the search function didn't have a lot going in terms of Explorer, I just bluntly ask:
What do you use to organize files? What's the major selling point of your application?
Thanks in advance,
inde
I used to use Total Commander, but after a format and major reorganizing spree on explorer, I've learned the explorer hotkeys so well that it's actually faster for me. For example, "new folder" is alt-f, w, enter. Combining this with liberal use of copying and pasting (I often use ctrl-insert for copy and shift-insert for paste, since they are near home and end which are important for renaming, and you are using ctrl+shift for selecting the text to replace anyway), and most organizing goes quickly. Also, for the dual-pane setup of Windows commander, windows+left and windows+right work quite well, although they are hotkeys specific to Windows 7. Explorer doesn't have everything that Total Commander does, but it has everything I need.
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On February 23 2011 00:53 Daigomi wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2011 22:33 indecision wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm currently in a major file sorting and reorganizing operation. Basically I'm sick during winter vacation and figured this is the maximum I can get my brain to do.
Anyways, I'm kinda unhappy with the way Windows Explorer works (XP here). Total Commander seems better in some regards, but worse in others (renaming files?)
So, since I already found great tips here (still loving Launchy - TL search for it, but please don't make this a Launchy thread) and the search function didn't have a lot going in terms of Explorer, I just bluntly ask:
What do you use to organize files? What's the major selling point of your application?
Thanks in advance,
inde (I often use ctrl-insert for copy and shift-insert for paste, since they are near home and end which are important for renaming, and you are using ctrl+shift for selecting the text to replace anyway), and most organizing goes quickly..
F2 is faster for changing names.
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I index everything and use start to find files, this is not possible using XP though (consider switching to windows 7).
There's an application called everything that indexes every single file and make them searchable and I used that while still on XP.
For example a search on .jpg will return every jpg on your computer - instantly
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South Africa4316 Posts
On February 23 2011 01:04 skindzer wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2011 00:53 Daigomi wrote:On February 22 2011 22:33 indecision wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm currently in a major file sorting and reorganizing operation. Basically I'm sick during winter vacation and figured this is the maximum I can get my brain to do.
Anyways, I'm kinda unhappy with the way Windows Explorer works (XP here). Total Commander seems better in some regards, but worse in others (renaming files?)
So, since I already found great tips here (still loving Launchy - TL search for it, but please don't make this a Launchy thread) and the search function didn't have a lot going in terms of Explorer, I just bluntly ask:
What do you use to organize files? What's the major selling point of your application?
Thanks in advance,
inde (I often use ctrl-insert for copy and shift-insert for paste, since they are near home and end which are important for renaming, and you are using ctrl+shift for selecting the text to replace anyway), and most organizing goes quickly.. F2 is faster for changing names.
How do you mean? Obviously I use F2 to allow me to type in a new name, but I usually have to copy and paste some data, for which I often use shift-insert rather than ctrl-v, simply because your fingers are already placed there when working with the folder title.
For example, if I recently sorted my classical music collection into separate folders for each piece. So, when sorting the Piano Sonata's, I would copy a common string such as "Piano Sonata 23, F Minor, Op57 (Gulda)" and then "alt-f, w, enter" to create a new folder, shift-insert to paste the string, hit home to go to the start of the string and then ctrl-arrow to navigate to what needs to be changed (e.g. "Piano Sonata 24, F# Major, Op78 (Pollini)"). Sometimes you also start with a lot of existing folders already, then you press F2 for rename, Shift-home to select the title, shift-insert to past the common string, and then just use ctrl-arrows to jump to the parts you need to change.
Just as another example of when copying and pasting is often used. When I rename TV show episodes I might have files called things like "The Sopranos - S01E01 - Pilot.avi" and others called things like "the sopranos [01x02] 46 long.avi". In such situations, you copy the part that stays the same ("The Sopranos - S01E0"), F2 the second file, press Home to get to the start, shift-ctrl-right until you get to before the episode name (which will be the same number of presses for all files named in the same format), shift-insert to paste the copied part, then just enter the episode number and a dash and the episode is renamed. It sounds like a lot of work, but because it's the same pattern every time, you can easily rename things in 2-3 seconds without thinking.
My point is that there are easy and quick ways to do most organizing in explorer, even for people as OCD about sorting their computer as me :p
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Total Commander is probably the best file manager I found. However lately I don't keep everything as organized as I used too because of a new tool called Everything. It practically instantly indexes everything on your hard drives and you can search for anything instantly as long as you know part of the filename.
I used to navigate to folders of interest to open documents I needed. Now I just click Ctrl+Space (my shortcut) and start typing the extensions and part of the filename. It takes less than 2 secs to find anything.
I used Google Desktop Search previously, but I think this is way better.
ps: Here is the address where you can find more on it: http://www.voidtools.com/.
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