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I take back my earlier post (challenge to append leading zero's).
I found a little button on the multi rename window that you use to specify the number of digits in a numeric file renaming sequence.
Another + for using TotalComm. (Still the best file manager for MY requirements.)
 :D
PS. Foldersizer is the other little windows exploder add on that I mentioned back a few pages. (Shows the total byte count of the folders including sub folders as an additional column in "Details" view.)

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Here's a challenge:
Be able to place leading "0's" (zeros) when batch naming a large number of files so you get,
001.jpg .... 567.jpg instead of 1.jpg ..... 567.jpg.
That gives all the file names the same number of characters in list view.

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Gee, I certainly brought WinCommander in to the Spotlight.
I feel glad to have added positively to this topic.
Now you see just how useful that app is.

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Yes that is the current version T&C, not the one in my older version.
Either way, shareware is an "honesty" commitment and there are no obligations, legal or otherwise.
I'll leave it at that as this topic is drifting off Windows exploder.

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No thanks, I comply with the T&C for personal use and the prompt is only a 1 button press so it's not all that annoying.
(Unlike some other so called shareware I've seen.)
A friend did pay some money as he uses it in his business.
I'm sure that after surviving some 10+ years and over 25mil downloads that the developer must have gotten something out of it.  :-\

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Nice but I've been using Win/TotalCommander http://www.ghisler.com/ for years (since the late 90's) and I find it superior to my needs.
It's especially handy now since the advent of digital cameras and the cryptic file naming methods they employ.
I use the multi rename function to rename and numerically sequence photos. (Very fast.)
But that's not all it does, there's lots, so best you try it rather than I gaff on here.
It's not a big install and won’t splatter files all over your drive like most windows apps so is easy to remove if you don't want it.
Also it's free (the nag prompt at start up is nothing to complain about)
 :up:  :up:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Hard Disk Status Graph
« on: March 28, 2007, 06:59 PM »
Yes, you can get disk stats from the "details" box to the LHS of the explorer window, make sure the "Folders" radio button is not selected.
Although, there's no pie chart and you loose the stats when selecting a folder as it is only shown when in the root of the drive.

[EDIT] Make sure you don't have "Use Windows classic folders" set in the "Folder Options" dialog box (Tools).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Hard Disk Status Graph
« on: March 28, 2007, 04:05 PM »
OK, have tried it and it is almost what I want so will do for now.
I think there's a bug with it's memory monitor.
As it didn't change the virtual memory size indicator to reflect a new forced setting after a reboot. (kept the original size as detected when I first installed it.)
But I'll report that to them.

Thanks for the link brotherS.  :Thmbsup:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Hard Disk Status Graph
« on: March 27, 2007, 04:19 PM »
Thanks, looks good, I'll give it a go but I'm looking for a very simplistic interface (which could look rather boring) to just show my drive space usage.

[EDIT] I attached an image of what I'm looking for. It's basic, but that's exactly what I want.

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Hard Disk Status Graph
« on: March 26, 2007, 10:28 PM »
Years ago, (1998), I came across an app called "Diskstate".
It was free then and it gives you many disk statistics.
But it is now available in a "paid" version only.
See here: http://geekcorp.com/diskstate/
It has a number of handy features but I want a very compact cut down version as follows:

A small window (without the usual windows overhead frames etc) with individual bar graphs for all logical disks.
Placed on the desktop with the ability to stay on top or not.
Can temporarily pop up a similar window when placing mouse cursor over it's systray icon (when minimised from the desktop.)
Can adjust the frequency of updates, e.g, from 2 secs to ?mins.
Place each partitions total formatted drive size at the top of each bar with the logical partition letter adjacent to each bar.
Show or hide the unusable area totals in each bar as shaded including the following files; Page file, Hibernate file, System files, Reserved space, Recycle bin.
Show the used space with a coloured fill and a value for the percent and Mbytes of free space.
Will also add or remove external disks to the list when connected, e.g. USB, etc.
Possibly but not essential, open the selected drive in Windows Explorer by right click on the desired bar.

That's it.
Very small in size but legible to read.
Bars can L-R or U-D, not important.
Bars can be all the same length, dynamically scaled for varying partition sizes to fit in the window.

I need this to monitor my drives space during video footage editing.

The rest of the fancy things can stay with my original free version of Diskstate.

Please point me in the right direction if such a beast already exists.

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